Burden of influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations in the Americas, 2010-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite having influenza vaccination policies and programs, countries in the Americas underutilize seasonal influenza vaccine, in part because of insufficient evidence about severe influenza burden. We aimed to estimate the annual burden of influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations in the Americas.

Methods

Thirty-five countries in the Americas with national influenza surveillance were invited to provide monthly laboratory data and hospital discharges for respiratory illness (International Classification of Diseases 10th edition J codes 0-99) during 2010-2015. In three age-strata (<5, 5-64, and ≥65 years), we estimated the influenza-associated hospitalizations rate by multiplying the monthly number of respiratory hospitalizations by the monthly proportion o

SUBMITTER: Palekar RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6730873 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature