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Influenza-associated Hospitalizations and Deaths, Costa Rica, 2009-2012

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 May;20(5):878-81. doi: 10.3201/eid2005.131775..
Influenza-associated Hospitalizations and Deaths, Costa Rica, 2009-2012.
Sabor?o GG, Clara A, Garcia A, Quesada F, Palekar R, Minaya P, Cervantes M, Lopez M, Lara J, Jara J, Blanco N, Bresee J, Widdowson MA, Azziz-Baumgartner E.
Abstract

Data needed to guide influenza vaccine policies are lacking in tropical countries. We multiplied the number of severe acute respiratory infections by the proportion testing positive for influenza. There were ≈6,699 influenza hospitalizations and 803 deaths in Costa Rica during 2009-2012, supporting continuation of a national influenza vaccine program.
KEYWORDS:

Americas, Costa Rica, hospitalization rate, influenza, mortality rate, severe acute respiratory infections, tropical, viruses

PMID:
24750897
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24750897
 
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