Hospitalizations for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Beijing, China, 2014–2016

Abstract

We analyzed surveillance data for 2 sentinel hospitals to estimate the influenza-associated severe acute respiratory infection hospitalization rate in Beijing, China. The rate was 39 and 37 per 100,000 persons during the 2014–15 and 2015–16 influenza seasons, respectively. Rates were highest for children <5 years of age.

Keywords

• Influenza
• severe acute respiratory infection
• hospitalization
• Beijing
• China
• viruses