BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 27 February 2016)

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Research article
Comparison of age-specific hospitalization during pandemic and seasonal influenza periods from 2009 to 2012 in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study
In both pandemic and seasonal periods, the highest hospitalization rate was observed for children younger than 7 years of age. Adults over 50 years of age had a higher hospitalization risk during the seasonal periods and a higher clinical severity during the pandemic periods. Those results emphasize that the importance of influenza-related prevention strategies in the younger and older age groups, either seasonal or pandemic periods.
Shew-Meei Sheu, Ching-Fang Tsai, Hsin-Yi Yang, Hui-Wen Pai and Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen
Published on: 24 February 2016