To the Editor: Influenza is a common respiratory infection that is infrequently associated with severe disease requiring hospitalisation. We have conducted hospital-based surveillance in the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) since 20091 and report on our findings in 2010 and 2011.
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- 1. Kelly PM, Kotsimbos T, Reynolds A, et al. FluCAN 2009: initial results from sentinel surveillance for adult influenza and pneumonia in eight Australian hospitals. Med J Aust 2011; 194: 169-174. <MJA full text>
- 2. Cheng AC, Kotsimbos AT, Kelly HA, et al. Effectiveness of H1N1/09 monovalent and trivalent influenza vaccines against hospitalization with laboratory-confirmed H1N1/09 influenza in Australia: a test-negative case control study. Vaccine 2011; 29: 7320-7325.
- 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. FluView: 2010-2011 influenza season summary. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2010-2011/10-11summary.htm (accessed Feb 2012).
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On behalf of the FluCAN Investigators (Allen C Cheng, Mark Holmes, Tom Kotsimbos, Louis B Irving, Simon G Brown, Grant W Waterer, Tony M Korman, Deborah Friedman, Sanjaya N Senanayake, Paul M Kelly.)
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