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SUBMITTER: Wu P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3877676 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Peng P Goldstein Edward E Ho Lai-Ming LM Wu Joseph T JT Tsang Thomas T Leung Gabriel M GM Cowling Benjamin J BJ
Influenza and other respiratory viruses 20131107 1
Hong Kong experienced two large epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09). We used regression methods to estimate the excess mortality associated with each epidemic. The first epidemic of H1N1pdm09 peaked in September 2009 and was associated with 2·13 [95% confidence interval (CI): -8·08, 11·82] excess all-cause deaths per 100 000 population. The second epidemic of H1N1pdm09 in early 2011 was associated with 4·72 [95% CI: -0·70, 10·50] excess deaths per 100 000 population. More than half of t ...[more]