Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to site content
CDC Home

Volume 17, Number 9—September 2011

Dispatch

Increased Extent of and Risk Factors for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and Seasonal Influenza among Children, Israel

Dan EngelhardComments to Author , Michal Bromberg, Diana Averbuch, Ariel Tenenbaum, Daniele Goldmann, Marina Kunin, Einat Shmueli, Ido Yatsiv, Michael Weintraub, Michal Mandelboim, Nurith Strauss-Liviatan, Emilia Anis, Ella Mendelson, Tamy Shohat, Dana G. Wolf, Mervyn Shapiro, and Itamar Grotto
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel (D. Engelhard, D. Averbuch, E. Shmueli, I. Yatsiv, M. Weintraub, N. Strauss-Liviatan, D.G. Wolf); Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (D. Engelhard, M. Kunin); Israel Center for Disease Control, Tel Hashomer, Israel (M. Bromberg, T. Shohat); Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Mount-Scopus, Jerusalem (A. Tenebaum); Public Health Services, Health Ministry, Jerusalem (D. Goldmann, E. Anis, I. Grotto); Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer (M. Mandelboim, E. Mendelson); Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (T. Shohat); Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv (M. Shapiro); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel (I. Grotto)

Main Article

Table 2

Comparison of children hospitalized at Hadassah University Hospitals, Israel, during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and during influenza seasons for 2005–2009*

Parameter Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Seasonal influenza p value
No. patients during 1 season 127 Median 20 (range 18–39)† NA
Children with influenza A/B 127/0 68/28 NA
Duration of hospitalization, wks 34 Median 16 (range 13–22) NA
No. (%) children who received antiviral treatment 98/127 (77.2) 0/96 <0.001
Patient age, mo, median (range) 51 (0.23–197.00) 6 (0.3–206.0) <0.001
No. (%) children with underlying chronic diseases 66 (52.0) 24 (25.0) <0.001
No. (%) children with underlying chronic lung disease 39/127 (30.7) 14 (14.6) 0.007
No. (%) children with neonatal fever as initial symptom 6/127(4.7) 26 (27.1) <0.001

*NA, not applicable.
†Total for all 4 years = 96.

Main Article

Top of Page

USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web PortalDepartment of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   1600 Clifton Rd. Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: (888) 232-6348 - Contact CDC–INFO