Influenza disease burden among potential target risk groups for immunization in South Africa, 2013-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on influenza burden in risk groups for severe influenza are important to guide targeted influenza immunization, especially in resource limited settings. However, this information is limited overall and in particular in low- and middle-income countries. We sought to assess the mean annual national burden of medically and non-medically attended influenza-associated mild, severe-non-fatal and fatal illness among potential target groups for influenza immunization in South Africa during 2013-2015.

Methods

We used published mean national annual estimates of mild, severe-non-fatal, and fatal influenza-associated illness in South Africa during 2013-2015 and estimated the number of such illnesses occurring among the following risk groups: (i) children aged 6-59 months

SUBMITTER: Tempia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870979 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature