SynthesisWestern Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR2018
Influenza-associated paediatric respiratory hospitalizations in China, 1996-2012: a systematic analysis.
Synthesis in Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Influenza-associated disease burden in mainland China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- [Health Technology Assessment: a value-based tool for the evaluation of healthcare technologies. Reassessment of the cell-culture-derived quadrivalent influenza vaccine: Flucelvax TetraJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022Article
- The Epidemiology of Influenza and the Associated Vaccines Development in China: A Review.Vaccines · 2022Review
- Marking the 1918 influenza pandemic centennial: addressing regional influenza threats through the Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies.Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSARArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe World Health Organization recommends that children aged ≥ 6 months be vaccinated against influenza. Influenza vaccination policies depend on the evidence of the burden of influenza, yet few national data on influenza-associated severe outcomes among children exist in China.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of articles published from 1996 to 2012 on laboratory-confirmed, influenza-associated paediatric respiratory hospitalizations in China. We extracted data and stratified the percentage of samples testing positive for influenza by age group (< 2, < 5 and < 18 years old); case definition; test methods; and geographic location. The pooled percentage of samples testing positive for influenza was estimated with a random effects regression model.
resultsInfluenza was associated with 8.8% of respiratory hospitalizations among children aged < 18 years, ranging from 7.0% (95% confidence interval: 4.2-9.8%) in children aged < 2 years to 8.9% (95% confidence interval: 6.8-11%) in children aged < 5 years. The percentage of samples testing positive for influenza was consistently higher among studies with data from children aged < 5 years and < 18 years than those restricted only to children aged < 2 years; the percentages were higher in Northern China than Southern China. DISCUSSION: Influenza is an important cause of paediatric respiratory hospitalizations in China. Influenza vaccination of school-aged children could prevent substantial influenza-associated illness, including hospitalizations, in China.
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