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Estimating burden of influenza-associated influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infection at public healthcare facilities in Romania during the 2011/12-2015/16 influenza seasons

Gefenaite, Giedre LU orcid ; Pistol, Adriana ; Popescu, Rodica ; Popovici, Odette ; Ciurea, Daniel ; Dolk, Christiaan ; Jit, Mark and Gross, Diane (2018) In Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses 12(1). p.183-192
Abstract

Background: Influenza is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality, but there is limited information on reliable disease burden estimates, especially from middle-income countries in the WHO European Region. Objectives: To estimate the incidence of medically attended influenza-associated influenza-like illness (ILI) and hospitalizations due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) presenting to public healthcare facilities in Romania. Patients/Methods: Sentinel influenza surveillance data for ILI and SARI from 2011/12-2015/16, including virological data, were used to estimate influenza-associated ILI and SARI incidence/100 000 and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: The overall annual incidence of ILI and... (More)

Background: Influenza is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality, but there is limited information on reliable disease burden estimates, especially from middle-income countries in the WHO European Region. Objectives: To estimate the incidence of medically attended influenza-associated influenza-like illness (ILI) and hospitalizations due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) presenting to public healthcare facilities in Romania. Patients/Methods: Sentinel influenza surveillance data for ILI and SARI from 2011/12-2015/16, including virological data, were used to estimate influenza-associated ILI and SARI incidence/100 000 and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: The overall annual incidence of ILI and influenza-associated ILI per 100 000 persons in Romania varied between 68 (95% CI: 61-76) and 318 (95% CI: 298-338) and between 23 (95% CI: 19-29) and 189 (95% CI: 149-240), respectively. The highest ILI and influenza incidence was among children aged 0-4 years. We estimated that SARI incidence per 100 000 persons was 6 (95% CI: 5-7) to 9 (95% CI: 8-10), of which 2 (95% CI: 1-2) to 3 (95% CI: 2-4) were due to influenza. Up to 0.3% of the Romanian population were annually reported with ILI, and 0.01% was hospitalized with SARI, of which as much as one-third could be explained by influenza. Conclusions: This evaluation was the first study estimating influenza burden in Romania. We found that during each influenza season, a substantial number of persons in Romania suffer from influenza-related ILI or are hospitalized due to influenza-associated SARI.

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Burden, Influenza-like illness, Severe acute respiratory infection
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Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses
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12
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1
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183 - 192
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • pmid:29144598
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1750-2640
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10.1111/irv.12525
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Infectious diseases surveillance, vaccine effectiveness and determinants of acceptance
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English
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  author       = {{Gefenaite, Giedre and Pistol, Adriana and Popescu, Rodica and Popovici, Odette and Ciurea, Daniel and Dolk, Christiaan and Jit, Mark and Gross, Diane}},
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  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses}},
  title        = {{Estimating burden of influenza-associated influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infection at public healthcare facilities in Romania during the 2011/12-2015/16 influenza seasons}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12525}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/irv.12525}},
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