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Editor, Senior Moderator
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Jul 13. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00406.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Surveillance of hospitalised severe cases of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and related fatalities in nine EU countries in 2010-2011.
Snacken R, Quinten C, Devaux I, Plata F, Broberg E, Zucs P, Amato-Gauci A.
Source
Unit of Surveillance and Response Support, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
Please cite this paper as: Snacken et al. (2012) Surveillance of hospitalised severe cases of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and related fatalities in nine EU countries in 2010-2011. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00406.x. A few months into the 2009 influenza pandemic, nine European countries implemented case-based surveillance of hospitalised severe influenza infections. In the present study, we assess the association between patient characteristics, in particular underlying conditions, and the severity level of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection during the 2010-2011 season. Patient age, the presence of underlying conditions, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the need for ventilation were significantly associated with the severity of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection. Despite limitations essentially because of the heterogeneity of the data reported, this study provides insight into severe influenza cases.
? 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
PMID:
22788875
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22788875
Surveillance of hospitalised severe cases of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and related fatalities in nine EU countries in 2010-2011.
Snacken R, Quinten C, Devaux I, Plata F, Broberg E, Zucs P, Amato-Gauci A.
Source
Unit of Surveillance and Response Support, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
Please cite this paper as: Snacken et al. (2012) Surveillance of hospitalised severe cases of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and related fatalities in nine EU countries in 2010-2011. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00406.x. A few months into the 2009 influenza pandemic, nine European countries implemented case-based surveillance of hospitalised severe influenza infections. In the present study, we assess the association between patient characteristics, in particular underlying conditions, and the severity level of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection during the 2010-2011 season. Patient age, the presence of underlying conditions, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the need for ventilation were significantly associated with the severity of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection. Despite limitations essentially because of the heterogeneity of the data reported, this study provides insight into severe influenza cases.
? 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
PMID:
22788875
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22788875