Vaccine Effectiveness Against Pediatric Influenza Hospitalizations and Emergency Visits

^aInfluenza Division and
^cDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia;
^bFellowship Program, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee;
^dIHRC, Inc, Atlanta, Georgia;
^eDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Division of Infectious Disease, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;
^gDivisions of Infectious Diseases and
^pPediatric Emergency Medicine and
^fDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri;
^hDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee;
ⁱDepartment of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington;
^jDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;
^kDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas;
^lTexas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas;
^mDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York;
ⁿDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and
^oDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Los Angeles Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California

Dr Campbell conceptualized and designed the study, designed data collection instruments, supervised data collection nationally, provided substantial contributions to analysis and interpretation of the data, drafted the initial manuscript, and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript; Dr Patel conceptualized and designed the study, supervised data collection nationally, supervised data analyses and interpretation, and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript; Ms Ogokeh provided substantial contributions to supervision of data collection nationally and interpretation of data, performed analyses of the data, and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript; Ms Lively provided substantial contributions to supervision of data collection nationally and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript; Drs Staat, Selvarangan, Harrison, Halasa, Englund, Klein, Boom, Sahni, Szilagyi, and Weinberg provided substantial contributions to the design of data collection instruments, supervised data collection locally, provided substantial contributions to interpretation of the data, and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; Ms McNeal and Drs Stewart, Williams, Michaels, Hickey, Pahud, Schuster, and Weddle provided substantial contributions to supervision of local data collection and interpretation of data and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; Dr Rha provided substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study and the design of data collection instruments and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript; Dr Fry provided substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study and the interpretation of the data and critically reviewed and revised the manuscript; and all authors approved the final manuscript as submitted and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

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