ArticlePloS one2018
The burden of acute respiratory infections in Ecuador 2011-2015.
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- Reconstructing severe acute respiratory infection dynamics from ICD-10 hospital discharge data: a 10-year analysis of 11.2 million discharges in Ecuador, 2014-2023.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Global epidemiological trends in the incidence and deaths of acute respiratory infections from 1990 to 2021.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- High baseline frequencies of natural killer cells are associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.Current research in immunology · 2023Article
- Cost of lost productivity from acute respiratory infections in South America.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Incidence and seasonality of respiratory viruses among medically attended children with acute respiratory infections in an Ecuador birth cohort, 2011-2014.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2022Article
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- Household Costs Associated with Hospitalization of Children with Severe Pneumonia in Quito, Ecuador.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundBurden of disease studies intend to improve public health decision-making and to measure social and economic impact in population. The objective of this study was to describe the burden of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in Ecuador between 2011 and 2015.
methodsFive-year period morbidity and mortality data available from national agencies of statistics was analyzed to estimate the burden of disease attributable to acute respiratory infections. Cases and deaths registered were grouped according to their ICD-10 code into three diagnostic groups: Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06), Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18), and Bronchitis and other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22, J85, J86). Disability-adjusted life years stratified by diagnostic and age group were calculated using the "DALY" package for R. The productivity loss in monetary terms was estimated using the human capital method.
resultsOver the 5-year period studied there were a total of 14.84 million cases of acute respiratory infections, with 17 757 deaths reported (0.12%). The yearly burden of disease ranged between 98 944 to 118 651 disability-adjusted life years, with an estimated average loss of productivity of US$152.16 million (±19.6) per year. Approximately 99% of the burden can be attributed to years life lost due to premature mortality in population under 5 years old and over 60 years-old.
conclusionsThe burden of acute respiratory infections remained steady during the analyzed period. Evidence-based prevention and control policies to tackle acute respiratory infections in Ecuador should focus on the population at extreme ages of life.
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