title: Correlation between emergency room visits for influenza-like illness during the influenza A (H1/N1) pandemic in children and adults.
abstract: Surveillance of incident influenza-like illness (ILI) was implemented in two children and adult medical emergency departments during the influenza A (H1/N1) pandemic to assess correlations in the daily number of ILI-related emergency room visits (ERV) between these departments. A total of 7165 ILIs in children and 610 ILIs in adults were observed. We noticed a high linear correlation between the number of ERV involving ILI on day D in the pediatric department and the number of ERV because of ILI 2 days later in adults (R = 0·82, P < 10(-4)). Therefore, the rate of adult ILI-related ERV might be anticipated based on the rate of pediatric ERV.
authors: Infection Control Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. thomas.benet@chu-lyon.fr
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Bénet
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Cassier
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: Voirin
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Morélon-Daum
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Floret
authors: Yves
authors: Y
authors: Gillet
authors: Pierre-Yves
authors: PY
authors: Gueugniaud
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Vanhems
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D058873:Pandemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult