Estimating burden of influenza‐associated influenza‐like illness and severe acute respiratory infection at public healthcare facilities in Romania during the 2011/12‐2015/16 influenza seasons.
In: Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses, Jg. 12 (2018), Heft 1, S. 183-192
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Background: Influenza is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality, but there is limited information on reliable disease burden estimates, especially from middle‐income countries in the WHO European Region. Objectives: To estimate the incidence of medically attended influenza‐associated influenza‐like illness (ILI) and hospitalizations due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) presenting to public healthcare facilities in Romania. Patients/Methods: Sentinel influenza surveillance data for ILI and SARI from 2011/12‐2015/16, including virological data, were used to estimate influenza‐associated ILI and SARI incidence/100 000 and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: The overall annual incidence of ILI and influenza‐associated ILI per 100 000 persons in Romania varied between 68 (95% CI: 61‐76) and 318 (95% CI: 298‐338) and between 23 (95% CI: 19‐29) and 189 (95% CI: 149‐240), respectively. The highest ILI and influenza incidence was among children aged 0‐4 years. We estimated that SARI incidence per 100 000 persons was 6 (95% CI: 5‐7) to 9 (95% CI: 8‐10), of which 2 (95% CI: 1‐2) to 3 (95% CI: 2‐4) were due to influenza. Up to 0.3% of the Romanian population were annually reported with ILI, and 0.01% was hospitalized with SARI, of which as much as one‐third could be explained by influenza. Conclusions: This evaluation was the first study estimating influenza burden in Romania. We found that during each influenza season, a substantial number of persons in Romania suffer from influenza‐related ILI or are hospitalized due to influenza‐associated SARI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Estimating burden of influenza‐associated influenza‐like illness and severe acute respiratory infection at public healthcare facilities in Romania during the 2011/12‐2015/16 influenza seasons.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gefenaite, Giedre ; Pistol, Adriana ; Popescu, Rodica ; Popovici, Odette ; Ciurea, Daniel ; Dolk, Christiaan ; Jit, Mark ; Gross, Diane |
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Zeitschrift: | Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses, Jg. 12 (2018), Heft 1, S. 183-192 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1750-2640 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1111/irv.12525 |
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