Estimating influenza disease burden from population-based surveillance data in the United States.

Annual estimates of the influenza disease burden provide information to evaluate programs and allocate resources. We used a multiplier method with routine population-based surveillance data on influenza hospitalization in the United States to correct for under-reporting and estimate the burden of in...

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Main Authors: Carrie Reed, Sandra S Chaves, Pam Daily Kirley, Ruth Emerson, Deborah Aragon, Emily B Hancock, Lisa Butler, Joan Baumbach, Gary Hollick, Nancy M Bennett, Matthew R Laidler, Ann Thomas, Martin I Meltzer, Lyn Finelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4349859?pdf=render