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Only studies with population-based incidence data were included.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 27 primary studies, 11 of which were from the USA, four were from other non-US high-income settings and the remaining were from lower-middle-income or upper-middle-income countries. Most studies (n=23) assessed incidence of LCI hospitalisation, but meta-analysis to pool study-specific rates was not possible due to high statistical and methodological heterogeneity. Among US studies, the reported incidence of LCI hospitalisation ranged from 9.3 to 91.2 per 10\u2009000 infants under 6\u2009months for seasonal influenza, while the only US-based estimate for pandemic H1N1 influenza was 20.2 per 10\u2009000 infants. Reported rates for LCI hospitalisation for seasonal influenza from other countries ranged from 6.2 to 73.0 per 10\u2009000 infants under 6\u2009months, with the exception of one study with an estimated rate of 250 per 10\u2009000 infants. No events were reported in five of the nine studies that evaluated LCI death among infants under 6\u2009months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our review of published studies found limited data on LCI outcomes for infants under 6\u2009months, particularly from non-US settings. 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