Seasonal and pandemic influenza: an overview with pediatric focus.
Influenza is an important cause of respiratory illness in children, who have the highest attack rates during the annual influenza outbreaks [60]. Clinical infection ranges from subclinical illness to complicated disease that affects multiple organs. Annual vaccination remains the most effective strategy for the prevention and control of influenza [2]. Recently developed antiviral drugs offer new approaches to the prevention and treatment of influenza.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33606, USA. scarr1@health.usf.edu
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