Global mortality estimates for the 2009 Influenza Pandemic from the GLaMOR project: a modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing the mortality impact of the 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus (H1N1pdm09) is essential for optimizing public health responses to future pandemics. The World Health Organization reported 18,631 laboratory-confirmed pandemic deaths, but the total pandemic mortality burden was substantially higher. We estimated the 2009 pandemic mortality burden through statistical modeling of mortality data from multiple countries.

Methods and findings

We obtained weekly virology and underlying cause-of-death mortality time series for 2005-2009 for 20 countries covering ∼35% of the world population. We applied a multivariate linear regression model to estimate pandemic respiratory mortality in each collaborating country. We then used these results plus ten country indicators in

SUBMITTER: Simonsen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3841239 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature