Estimated influenza illnesses and hospitalizations averted by influenza vaccination among children aged 6-59 months in Suzhou, China, 2011/12 to 2015/16 influenza seasons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few estimates of vaccination-averted influenza-associated illnesses in China.

Methods

We used a mathematical model and Monte Carlo algorithm to estimate numbers and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of influenza-associated outcomes (hospitalization, illness, and medically-attended (MA) illness) averted by vaccination among children aged 6-59 months in Suzhou from October 2011-September 2016. Influenza illnesses included non-hospitalized MA influenza illnesses and non-MA influenza illnesses. The numbers of influenza-associated outcomes averted by vaccination were the difference between the expected burden if there were no vaccination given and the observed burden with vaccination. The model incorporated the disease burden estimated based on surveillance data

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728434 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature