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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2015

Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011.

J Y Wong, P Wu, E Goldstein, E H Y Lau, D K M Ip, J T Wu, B J Cowling

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J Y WongDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
P WuDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
E GoldsteinCenter for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology,Harvard School of Public Health,Boston, MA,USA.
E H Y LauDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
D K M IpDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
J T WuDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
B J CowlingDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy · US

Funding

Understanding and controlling antibiotic resistanceU54GM088558 · NIGMS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI HANAGE, WILLIAM · 2009 to 2018
$26.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM088558
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Continued monitoring of the seriousness of influenza viruses is a public health priority. We applied time-series regression models to data on cardio-respiratory mortality rates in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011. We used surveillance data on outpatient consultations for influenza-like illness, and laboratory detections of influenza types/subtypes to construct proxy measures of influenza activity. In the model we allowed the regression coefficients for influenza to drift over time, and adjusted for temperature and humidity. The regression coefficient for influenza A(H3N2) increased significantly in 2005. The regression coefficients for influenza A(H1N1) and B were relatively stable over the period. Our model suggested an increase in seriousness of A(H3N2) in 2005, the year after the appearance of the A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2)-like virus when the drifted A/California/7/2004(H3N2)-like virus appeared. Ongoing monitoring of mortality and influenza activity could permit identification of future changes in seriousness of influenza virus infections.

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Influenza A virusInfluenza B virusAge FactorsHong KongHumansInfluenza, Humanseriousness

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PMID25703399
PMCPMC4391961
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