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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2018

Progress and Remaining Gaps in Estimating the Global Disease Burden of Influenza.

Joseph Bresee, Julia Fitzner, Harry Campbell, Cheryl Cohen, Vanessa Cozza, Jorge Jara, Anand Krishnan, Vernon Lee, WHO Working Group on the Burden of Influenza Disease

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Joseph Bresee
Julia Fitzner
Harry Campbell
Cheryl Cohen
Vanessa Cozza
Jorge Jara
Anand Krishnan
Vernon Lee
WHO Working Group on the Burden of Influenza Disease

Funding

Research on the Epidemiology,Prevention,Vaccine Effectiveness and Treatment of Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses in South Africa.09U01IP001048 · IP · NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE · PI COHEN, CHERYL · 2016 to 2020
$19.9M
NCIRD CDC HHS U01 IP001048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza has long been a global public health priority because of the threat of another global pandemic. Although data are available for the annual burden of seasonal influenza in many developed countries, fewer disease burden data are available for low-income and tropical countries. In recent years, however, the surveillance systems created as part of national pandemic preparedness efforts have produced substantial data on the epidemiology and impact of influenza in countries where data were sparse. These data are leading to greater interest in seasonal influenza, including implementation of vaccination programs. However, a lack of quality data on severe influenza, nonrespiratory outcomes, and high-risk groups, as well as a need for better mathematical models and economic evaluations, are some of the major gaps that remain. These gaps are the focus of multilateral research and surveillance efforts that will strengthen global efforts in influenza control in the future.

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PandemicsCost of IllnessGlobal HealthHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesPopulation SurveillancePublic HealthWorld Health OrganizationInfluenza Vaccinesdisease burdenepidemiologyinfluenzainfluenza vaccinespandemic influenzarespiratory infectionssurveillancevaccinesvirusesWorld Health Organization

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PMID29912681
PMCPMC6038739

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