Increased Influenza Severity in Children in the Wake of SARS-CoV-2.
Gregory HoyHannah E MaierGuillermina KuanNery SánchezRoger LópezAlyssa MeyersMiguel PlazaolaSergio OjedaAngel BalmasedaAubree GordonPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and subsequent interruption of influenza circulation has lowered population immunity to influenza, especially among children with few pre-pandemic exposures. We compared the incidence and severity of influenza A/H3N2 and influenza B/Victoria between 2022 and two pre-pandemic seasons and found an increased frequency of severe influenza in 2022.