Julio Armero

TL;DR: Influenza-associated hospitalization rates were more than three times higher in developing countries than in industrialized countries (150/ 100,000 children/year versus 48/100,000); however, differences in hospitalization practices between settings are an important limitation in interpreting these findings.

TL;DR: Influenza-virus-associated severe pneumonia occurred frequently among young Salvadorian children during 2008-2010, and antigens in northern and southern hemisphere influenza vaccine formulations corresponded to circulating strains.

TL;DR: The objective was to estimate the incidence of influenza‐associated hospitalizations and in‐hospital deaths in Central American Region and to investigate the links between influenza and mortality.

TL;DR: Clinicians should consider the diagnosis of influenza among patients with suspected dengue during the influenza season, and one percent presented co-infection between influenza and d Dengue.

TL;DR: A prospective cohort study to identify acute respiratory infections (ARI) among pregnant women in Panama and El Salvador was conducted in 2014-2017 as discussed by the authors, showing that one in six pregnant women developed ARI and more than one in ten ARI were attributable to vaccine-preventable influenza.