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To the Editor: Bhat et al. (Dec. 15 issue)¹ report on influenza-related deaths among children during the 2003–2004 influenza season. Combining medical records, autopsy reports, and analyses of virus isolates, their timely study provides estimates of the deaths that may have been caused by influenza. However, we question the authors' recommendation that vaccine coverage should be improved among children, for several reasons. First, a considerable proportion of the reported deaths were among children under six months of age, for whom influenza vaccination is not approved. Second, about 12 percent of the children who died had been vaccinated. Furthermore, the efficacy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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