Estimated hospitalisations attributable to seasonal and pandemic influenza in Australia: 2001- 2013.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Influenza continues to cause seasonal epidemics and pandemics in humans. The burden of influenza is underestimated by traditional laboratory-based surveillance, and modelled estimates are required for influenza-attributable morbidity and mortality. We aimed to estimate the influenza-attributable hospitalisation in Australia, by influenza type. METHODS:A generalised-additive regression model was used to estimate type- and age-specific influenza-attributable hospitalisation rates per 100,000 population by principal diagnosis in Australia, from 2001 through 2013. Weekly counts of laboratory-confirmed influenza notifications and by type, influenza A and B were used as covariates in the model. Main principal diagnosis categories of interest were influenza and pneumonia and respirator

SUBMITTER: Moa AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7153886 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature