Pediatric H1N1 Fatalities High Among Ethnic Minorities, Chronically Ill

“Although this finding is not more important than the identification of underlying medical risk factors, it represents a persistent message of the H1N1 pandemic – that children and young adults who were not expected to become severely ill because of influenza did so, and in greater numbers than with seasonal influenza,” they wrote.

Dr. Fowler and Dr. Jouvet declared they had no conflicts of interest.