Burden of influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Influenza causes severe morbidity and mortality. This systematic review aimed to assess the incidence, etiology, and resource usage for influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Design

Meta-analytic systematic review. Arcsine transformations and DerSimonian Laird random effects model were used for meta-analyses.

Setting

A literature search from 1980 to 2008 in MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, LILACS, Ministries of Health, PAHO, proceedings, reference lists, and consulting experts.

Sample

We identified 1092 references, of which 31 were finally included, in addition to influenza surveillance reports. We also used information from the 10 reports from the collaborative group for epidemiological surveillance of influenza and other respiratory virus (

SUBMITTER: Savy V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4634294 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature