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What age groups are most likely to be affected during an influenza pandemic? |
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Diseases & Conditions > Infectious Disease |
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age, group, people, affect, virus, flu, influenza pandemic |
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Although scientists cannot predict the specific consequences of an influenza pandemic, it is likely that many age groups would be seriously affected. The greatest risk of hospitalization and death - as seen during the last two pandemics in 1957 and 1968 and during annual influenza - will be infants, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions. However, in the 1918 pandemic, most deaths occurred in young adults. Few if any people would have immunity to the virus.
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