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Estimation of influenza and severe acute respiratory illness incidence (burden) in three provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2012 and 2013

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Editor, Senior Moderator
East Mediterr Health J. 2016 Oct 2;22(7):432-439.
[h=1]Estimation of influenza and severe acute respiratory illness incidence (burden) in three provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2012 and 2013.[/h] Gouya M[SUP]1[/SUP], Rezaei F[SUP]1[/SUP], Haghdoost A[SUP]2[/SUP], Nabavi M[SUP]1[/SUP], Farahi KS[SUP]3[/SUP], Mostafavi E[SUP]4[/SUP], Azad TM[SUP]5[/SUP], Akbari H[SUP]1[/SUP], Soroush M[SUP]6[/SUP], Riazi H[SUP]7[/SUP], Bitaraf E[SUP]7[/SUP], Dadras MN[SUP]1[/SUP], Barati H[SUP]8[/SUP], Shakoori H[SUP]8[/SUP], Bathaei J[SUP]9[/SUP], Rezvani M[SUP]10[/SUP], Hemmati P[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] There are few estimates of influenza burden in the WHO Region for the Eastern Mediterranean. In this study we estimated the burden of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and influenza-associated SARI (F-SARI) in selected provinces of Islamic Republic of Iran, the trends of SARI and confirmed cases of influenza (F-SARI) over 12 months (seasonality), and the age groups most at risk. Using the electronic Iranian influenza surveillance system and data of cases in sentinel hospitals of 3 selected provinces, we estimated the monthly trend (seasonality) of incidence for SARI and F-SARI, overall incidence of SARI and F-SARI and their disaggregation by age with the aid using the Monte Carlo technique. The age groups most at-risk were children aged under 2 years and adults older than 50 years.


PMID: 27714736
[PubMed - in process]
 
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