Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology.

Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology.

Local disease burden data are necessary to set national influenza vaccination policy. In 2010 the population of South Africa was 50 million and the HIV prevalence was 11%. We used a previously developed methodology to determine severe influenza burden in South Africa. Hospitalized severe acute respi...

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Main Authors: Jillian Murray, Adam Cohen, Sibongile Walaza, Michelle Groome, Shabir Madhi, Ebrahim Variava, Kathleen Kahn, Halima Dawood, Stefano Tempia, Akhona Tshangela, Marietje Venter, Daniel Feikin, Cheryl Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4496064?pdf=render

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