Influenza-Associated Mortality Among Children in Canada from 2004 to 2022
We identified 80 pediatric influenza-associated deaths in Canadian pediatric tertiary hospitals from 2004 to 2022. Children aged <5 years and with high-risk conditions represented 55% and 77.5% of cases, respectively. Only 24.5% of age-eligible hospitalized cases with known vaccination status had been immunized against influenza that season. Vaccination efforts should be enhanced to reduce influenza mortality.
Authors
- Shaun K. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9809-0822)
- Julie A. Bettinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-4174)
- Catherine Burton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8361-5582)
- Tilmann Schober (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9440-3761)
- Scott A. Halperin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0525-589X)
- Kescha Kazmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1564-5488)
- Manish Sadarangani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-6452)
- Jennifer Tam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0341-9555)
- Jacqueline Modler
- Jesse Papenburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-871X)
- Dat Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-3100)
- Taj Jadavji
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Oregon Health Authority (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Montreal Children's Hospital (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- Stollery Children's Hospital (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114594
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- Sanofi Pasteur