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Editor, Senior Moderator
Influenza Other Respir Viruses
. 2023 Jun 19;17(6):e13146.
doi: 10.1111/irv.13146. eCollection 2023 Jun. Inference of age-dependent case-fatality ratios for seasonal influenza virus subtypes A(H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 and B lineages using data from the Netherlands
Scott A McDonald[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Anne C Teirlinck[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mariette Hooiveld[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Liselotte van Asten[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Adam Meijer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marit de Lange[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Arianne B van Gageldonk-Lafeber[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacco Wallinga[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
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Background: Despite the known relatively high disease burden of influenza, data are lacking regarding a critical epidemiological indicator, the case-fatality ratio. Our objective was to infer age-group and influenza (sub)type specific values by combining modelled estimates of symptomatic incidence and influenza-attributable mortality.
Methods: The setting was the Netherlands, 2011/2012 through 2019/2020 seasons. Sentinel surveillance data from general practitioners and laboratory testing were synthesised to supply age-group specific estimates of incidence of symptomatic infection, and ecological additive modelling was used to estimate influenza-attributable deaths. These were combined in an Bayesian inferential framework to estimate case-fatality ratios for influenza A(H3N2), A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B, per 5-year age-group.
Results: Case-fatality estimates were highest for influenza A(H3N2) followed by influenza B and then A(H1N1)pdm09 and were highest for the 85+ years age-group, at 4.76% (95% credible interval [CrI]: 4.52-5.01%) for A(H3N2), followed by influenza B at 4.08% (95% CrI: 3.77-4.39%) and A(H1N1)pdm09 at 2.51% (95% CrI: 2.09-2.94%). For 55-59 through 85+ years, the case-fatality risk was estimated to double with every 3.7 years of age.
Conclusions: These estimated case-fatality ratios, per influenza sub(type) and per age-group, constitute valuable information for public health decision-making, for assessing the retrospective and prospective value of preventative interventions such as vaccination and for health economic evaluations.
Keywords: Netherlands; case fatality rate; influenza A virus, H1N1 subtype; influenza A virus, H3N2 subtype; influenza B virus; seasons.
. 2023 Jun 19;17(6):e13146.
doi: 10.1111/irv.13146. eCollection 2023 Jun. Inference of age-dependent case-fatality ratios for seasonal influenza virus subtypes A(H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 and B lineages using data from the Netherlands
Scott A McDonald[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Anne C Teirlinck[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mariette Hooiveld[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Liselotte van Asten[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Adam Meijer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marit de Lange[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Arianne B van Gageldonk-Lafeber[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacco Wallinga[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 37346096
- PMCID: PMC10279999
- DOI: 10.1111/irv.13146
Background: Despite the known relatively high disease burden of influenza, data are lacking regarding a critical epidemiological indicator, the case-fatality ratio. Our objective was to infer age-group and influenza (sub)type specific values by combining modelled estimates of symptomatic incidence and influenza-attributable mortality.
Methods: The setting was the Netherlands, 2011/2012 through 2019/2020 seasons. Sentinel surveillance data from general practitioners and laboratory testing were synthesised to supply age-group specific estimates of incidence of symptomatic infection, and ecological additive modelling was used to estimate influenza-attributable deaths. These were combined in an Bayesian inferential framework to estimate case-fatality ratios for influenza A(H3N2), A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B, per 5-year age-group.
Results: Case-fatality estimates were highest for influenza A(H3N2) followed by influenza B and then A(H1N1)pdm09 and were highest for the 85+ years age-group, at 4.76% (95% credible interval [CrI]: 4.52-5.01%) for A(H3N2), followed by influenza B at 4.08% (95% CrI: 3.77-4.39%) and A(H1N1)pdm09 at 2.51% (95% CrI: 2.09-2.94%). For 55-59 through 85+ years, the case-fatality risk was estimated to double with every 3.7 years of age.
Conclusions: These estimated case-fatality ratios, per influenza sub(type) and per age-group, constitute valuable information for public health decision-making, for assessing the retrospective and prospective value of preventative interventions such as vaccination and for health economic evaluations.
Keywords: Netherlands; case fatality rate; influenza A virus, H1N1 subtype; influenza A virus, H3N2 subtype; influenza B virus; seasons.