Influenza epidemiology and influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2014-2015 season: Annual report from the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network

Puig-Barberà J., Burtseva E., Yu H., Cowling B. J., Badur S., Kyncl J., ...Daha Fazla

BMC Public Health, cilt.16, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Özet
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s12889-016-3378-1
  • Dergi Adı: BMC Public Health
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Influenza, Virus, Surveillance, Vaccine, Hospitalization, Epidemiological study
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network (GIHSN) has established a prospective, active surveillance, hospital-based epidemiological study to collect epidemiological and virological data for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres over several consecutive seasons. It focuses exclusively on severe cases of influenza requiring hospitalization. A standard protocol is shared between sites allowing comparison and pooling of results. During the 2014-2015 influenza season, the GIHSN included seven coordinating sites from six countries (St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russian Federation; Prague, Czech Republic; Istanbul, Turkey; Beijing, China; Valencia, Spain; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Here, we present the detailed epidemiological and influenza vaccine effectiveness findings for the Northern Hemisphere 2014-2015 influenza season.