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Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness
BACKGROUND: Estimates of influenza disease burden are broadly useful for public health, helping national and local authorities monitor epidemiologic trends, plan and allocate resources, and promote influenza vaccination. Historically, estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United State...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29446233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12486 |
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author | Rolfes, Melissa A. Foppa, Ivo M. Garg, Shikha Flannery, Brendan Brammer, Lynnette Singleton, James A. Burns, Erin Jernigan, Daniel Olsen, Sonja J. Bresee, Joseph Reed, Carrie |
author_facet | Rolfes, Melissa A. Foppa, Ivo M. Garg, Shikha Flannery, Brendan Brammer, Lynnette Singleton, James A. Burns, Erin Jernigan, Daniel Olsen, Sonja J. Bresee, Joseph Reed, Carrie |
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description | BACKGROUND: Estimates of influenza disease burden are broadly useful for public health, helping national and local authorities monitor epidemiologic trends, plan and allocate resources, and promote influenza vaccination. Historically, estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States, focused mainly on influenza‐related mortality and hospitalization, were generated every few years. Since the 2010‐2011 influenza season, annual US influenza burden estimates have been generated and expanded to include estimates of influenza‐related outpatient medical visits and symptomatic illness in the community. METHODS: We used routinely collected surveillance data, outbreak field investigations, and proportions of people seeking health care from survey results to estimate the number of illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths due to influenza during six influenza seasons (2010‐2011 through 2015‐2016). RESULTS: We estimate that the number of influenza‐related illnesses that have occurred during influenza season has ranged from 9.2 million to 35.6 million, including 140 000 to 710 000 influenza‐related hospitalizations. DISCUSSION: These annual efforts have strengthened public health communications products and supported timely assessment of the impact of vaccination through estimates of illness and hospitalizations averted. Additionally, annual estimates of influenza burden have highlighted areas where disease surveillance needs improvement to better support public health decision making for seasonal influenza epidemics as well as future pandemics. |
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spelling | pubmed-58183462018-02-26 Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness Rolfes, Melissa A. Foppa, Ivo M. Garg, Shikha Flannery, Brendan Brammer, Lynnette Singleton, James A. Burns, Erin Jernigan, Daniel Olsen, Sonja J. Bresee, Joseph Reed, Carrie Influenza Other Respir Viruses Original Articles BACKGROUND: Estimates of influenza disease burden are broadly useful for public health, helping national and local authorities monitor epidemiologic trends, plan and allocate resources, and promote influenza vaccination. Historically, estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States, focused mainly on influenza‐related mortality and hospitalization, were generated every few years. Since the 2010‐2011 influenza season, annual US influenza burden estimates have been generated and expanded to include estimates of influenza‐related outpatient medical visits and symptomatic illness in the community. METHODS: We used routinely collected surveillance data, outbreak field investigations, and proportions of people seeking health care from survey results to estimate the number of illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations, and deaths due to influenza during six influenza seasons (2010‐2011 through 2015‐2016). RESULTS: We estimate that the number of influenza‐related illnesses that have occurred during influenza season has ranged from 9.2 million to 35.6 million, including 140 000 to 710 000 influenza‐related hospitalizations. DISCUSSION: These annual efforts have strengthened public health communications products and supported timely assessment of the impact of vaccination through estimates of illness and hospitalizations averted. Additionally, annual estimates of influenza burden have highlighted areas where disease surveillance needs improvement to better support public health decision making for seasonal influenza epidemics as well as future pandemics. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-02-14 2018-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5818346/ /pubmed/29446233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12486 Text en Published 2018. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Rolfes, Melissa A. Foppa, Ivo M. Garg, Shikha Flannery, Brendan Brammer, Lynnette Singleton, James A. Burns, Erin Jernigan, Daniel Olsen, Sonja J. Bresee, Joseph Reed, Carrie Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
title | Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
title_full | Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
title_fullStr | Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
title_full_unstemmed | Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
title_short | Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
title_sort | annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the united states: a tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29446233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12486 |
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