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Estimation of hospitalization rate of laboratory confirmed influenza cases in Jingzhou city, Hubei province, 2010-2012

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Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2015 Mar;36(3):222-7.
[h=1][Estimation of hospitalization rate of laboratory confirmed influenza cases in Jingzhou city, Hubei province, 2010-2012].[/h] [Article in Chinese]
Zheng J[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen H[SUP]2[/SUP], Chen M[SUP]3[/SUP], Huai Y[SUP]4[/SUP], Jiang H[SUP]1[/SUP], Xing X[SUP]2[/SUP], Peng Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Xiang N[SUP]5[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]4[/SUP], Liu L[SUP]2[/SUP], Huang J[SUP]3[/SUP], Feng L[SUP]1[/SUP], Guan X[SUP]2[/SUP], Klena J[SUP]4[/SUP], Zhan F[SUP]2[/SUP], Yu H[SUP]6[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] To estimate the hospitalization rate of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases attributable to influenza in Jingzhou city, Hubei province from 2010 to 2012.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] SARI surveillance was conducted at four hospitals in Jingzhou city, Hubei province from 2010 to 2012. Inpatients meeting the SARI case definition and with informed consent were enrolled to collect their demographic information, clinical features, treatment, and disease outcomes, with their respiratory tract specimens collected for PCR test of influenza virus.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] From April, 2010 to September, 2012, 19 679 SARI cases enrolled were residents of Jingzhou, and nasopharyngeal swab was collected from 18 412 (93.6%) cases of them to test influenza virus and 13.3% were positive for influenza. During the three consecutive 2010-2012 flu seasons, laboratory-confirmed influenza was associated with 102 per 100 000, 132 per 100 000 and 244 per 100 000, respectively. As for the hospitalization rate attributable to specific type/subtype of influenza virus, 48 per 100 000, 30 per 100 000 and 24 per 100 000 were attributable to A (H3N2), A (H1N1) pdm2009, and influenza B, respectively in 2010-2011 season; 42 per 100 000 [A (H3N2)] and 90 per 100 000 (influenza B) in 2011-2012 season; 90 per 100 000 [A (H3N2)] and one per 100 000 [influenza B] from April, 2010 to September, 2012. SARI hospitalization caused by influenza A or B occurred both mainly among children younger than five years old, with the peak in children aged 0.5 year old.
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] Influenza could cause a substantial number of hospitalizations and different viral type/subtype result in different hospitalizations over influenza seasons in Jingzhou city, Hubei province. Children less than five years old should be prioritized for influenza vaccination in China.


PMID: 25975397 [PubMed - in process]
 
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