Disease burden of 2013-2014 seasonal influenza in adults in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was performed to investigate the disease burden of seasonal influenza in adults ≥20 years of age in Korea, based on surveillance data from the Hospital-based Influenza Morbidity & Mortality Surveillance (HIMM) network.

Materials and methods

The HIMM network is composed of two surveillance systems: emergency room-based and inpatients-based surveillance. A total of ten university hospitals all over the country are included in the surveillance network. The adult catchment population of the HIMM network was calculated by using the data of each hospital and the database of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) of Korea. The incidence rates of laboratory-confirmed medically-attended influenza, laboratory-confirmed influenza-related admissi

SUBMITTER: Choi WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5344334 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature