The national burden of influenza-like illness and severe respiratory illness overall and associated with nine respiratory viruses in South Africa, 2013-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimates of the disease burden associated with different respiratory viruses are severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Africa.

Methods

We estimated age-specific numbers and rates of medically and non-medically attended influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe respiratory illness (SRI) that were associated with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, human metapneumovirus, adenovirus, enterovirus and parainfluenza virus types 1-3 after adjusting for the attributable fraction (AF) of virus detection to illness in South Africa during 2013-2015. The base rates were estimated from five surveillance sites and extrapolated nationally.

Results

The mean annual rates per 100,000 population were 51,383 and 4196 for ILI a

SUBMITTER: Tempia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8983907 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature