INCIDENCE OF INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION IN EARLY INFANCY
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Saad B. Omer; Emily Henkle; Mark C. Steinhoff; Shams El Arifeen; K. Zaman; Robert F. Breiman; William J. Moss; Rubhana Raqib; Monica M. McNeal; Eliza Roy
- Source
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 30:170-173
- Subject
- Male
Microbiology (medical)
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Asia
South asia
Antibodies, Viral
Virus
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Influenza, Human
Humans
Medicine
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Hemagglutination assay
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Infant, Newborn
Antibody titer
Infant
virus diseases
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
Early infancy
Infectious Diseases
Immunization
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0891-3668
We evaluated infant sera from an immunization trial in Bangladesh to assess influenza hemagglutination inhibition antibody titer increases in 131 unimmunized infants from birth to 6 months. We detected 31 serologically defined infections. Combined with 10 additional rapid test-proven influenza cases, the minimal estimated incidence was 31 of 100 infants (95% CI: 24-41). These data suggest a high burden of influenza in young infants in tropical South Asia.