Estimation of influenza and severe acute respiratory illness incidence (burden) in three provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2012 and 2013/Estimation de l'incidence (charge) de la grippe et de l'infection respiratoire aigue severe en Republique islamique d'Iran pour 2012 et 2013

There are few estimates of influenza burden in the WHO Region for the Eastern Mediterranean. In this study we estimated the burden of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and influenza-associated SARI (F-SARI) in selected provinces of Islamic Republic of Iran, the trends of SARI and confirmed c...

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Published inEastern Mediterranean health journal p. 432
Main Authors Farahi, K. Seif, Riazi, H, Hemmati, P, Mostafavi, E, Bathaei, J, Akbari, H, Bitaraf, E, Barati, H, Azad, T. Mokhtari, Haghdoost, A, Soroush, M, Nabavi, M, Rezvani, M, Rezaei, F, Gouya, M, Dadras, M.N, Shakoori, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published World Health Organization 01.07.2016
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Summary:There are few estimates of influenza burden in the WHO Region for the Eastern Mediterranean. In this study we estimated the burden of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and influenza-associated SARI (F-SARI) in selected provinces of Islamic Republic of Iran, the trends of SARI and confirmed cases of influenza (F-SARI) over 12 months (seasonality), and the age groups most at risk. Using the electronic Iranian influenza surveillance system and data of cases in sentinel hospitals of 3 selected provinces, we estimated the monthly trend (seasonality) of incidence for SARI and F-SARI, overall incidence of SARI and F-SARI and their disaggregation by age with the aid using the Monte Carlo technique. The age groups most at-risk were children aged under 2 years and adults older than 50 years. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] Peu d'estimations sont disponibles sur la charge de la grippe dans la Region OMS de la Mediterranee orientale. Dans la presente etude, nous avons estime lacharge de morbidite due aux infections respiratoires aigues severes (IRAS) et aux IRAS associes a la grippe dans certaines provinces de la Republique islamique d'Iran, ainsi que les tendances des IRAS et des cas de grippe confirmes sur 12 mois (saisonnalite), et les groupes d'age les plus exposes. En utilisant le systeme electronique iranien de surveillance de la grippe et les donnees relatives aux cas des hopitaux sentinelles de trois provinces selectionnees, nous avons estime la tendance mensuelle (saisonnalite) de l'incidence des IRAS et des IRAS dus a lagrippe, l'incidence globale des IRAS et des IRAS dues a lagrippe et leur ventilation par age grace a la methode de Monte Carlo. Les groupes d'age les plus exposes au risque etaient les enfants de moins de 2 ans et les adultes de plus de 50 ans.
ISSN:1020-3397