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G227 THE CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BURDEN OF INFLUENZA IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN EAST LONDON, UK
E. K. Ajayi-Obe^{1, 3}, P. G. Coen¹, R. Handa¹, K. Hawrami², S. Mieres¹, C. Aitken², E. D. G. McIntosh^{4, 5}, R. Booy¹.¹Center of Child Health, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK; ²Department of Virology, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK; ³Department of Paediatrics, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK; ⁴Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Medicine and Technology, London, UK; ⁵Wyeth, UK, Huntercombe, UK

Objective: Epidemiological studies done in the US have demonstrated high hospitalisation and outpatient rates attributable to influenza in children between 6 and 23 months, rates being comparable to those seen in children with high risk conditions. Based on these results the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices has recommended that this age group be immunised against influenza. There are insufficient data on the overall health . . . [Full text of this article]