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2/2026 vol. 101
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Epidemiology and clinical course of influenza in hospitalized children: a single-center retrospective study during one epidemic season

Anna Rzucidło-Hymczak 1, 2
,
Aleksandra Gołąb 3, 4
,
Anna Kędziora 5
,
Matylda Wójcik 1, 2
,
Dariusz Plicner 3, 6
,
Przemko Kwinta 7

  1. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Hepatology, St. John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland

  2. Pediatric Center for Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland

  3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Cracow University, Cracow, Poland

  4. Cracow Center for Research and Innovative Technologies, St. John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland

  5. Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

  6. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, St. John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland

  7. Department of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland

Pediatr Pol 2026; 101 (2): 113-121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/polp.2026.162932
Data publikacji online: 2026/06/30
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