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2494. Influenza B Hospitalizations Are Associated With Mortality in Children, FluSurv-NET, 2011–2017 Shikha Garg, MD, MPH; Alissa O’Halloran, MSPH; Charisse Nitura Cummings, MPH; Shua J. Chai, MD, MPH; Nisha Alden, MPH; Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, MPH, CPH; Evan J. Anderson, MD; Patricia Ryan, MS; James Collins, MPH, RS; Chad Smelser, MD; Debra Blog, MD, MPH; Christina B. Felsen, MPH; Laurie Billing, MPH; Ann Thomas, MD, MPH; H. Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH; Melanie Spencer, MPH; Ruth Lynfield, MD, FIDSA and Carrie Reed, DSc, MPH; Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, Assigned to the California Department of Public Health, US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Richmond, California, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, Emerging Infections Program, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, MD Dept Health Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan, New Mexico Emerging Infections Program, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Bureau of Immunization, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, NY Emerging Infections Program, Center for Community Health and Prevention, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio, Oregon Public Health Division, Portland, Oregon, Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, Salt Lake County Health Department, Salt Lake City, Utah, State Epidemiologist and Medical Director for Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology & Community Health, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota