Author's response to reviews Title: The age distribution of mortality due to influenza: pandemic and peri-pandemic Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Age distribution of influenza morbidity and mortality: a comparative analysis between seasonal influenza epidemics and the H1N1 pandemic. Authors:

Title: Age distribution of influenza morbidity and mortality: a comparative analysis between seasonal influenza epidemics and the H1N1 pandemic.

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Age distribution of influenza morbidity and mortality: a comparative analysis between seasonal influenza epidemics and the H1N1 pandemic

Title: Comparative age distribution of influenza morbidity and mortality during seasonal influenza epidemics and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

Comparative age distribution of influenza morbidity and mortality during seasonal influenza epidemics and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic

BACKGROUND Several studies have shown a relatively high mortality rate among young people infected by the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus. Here we compared the age distributions of morbidity and mortality during two seasonal influenza epidemics (H1N1 and H3N2) in France and the United States with those of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic waves in the same countries. METHODS Age-standardized rati...