Progress and Remaining Gaps in Estimating the Global Disease Burden of Influenza

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bresee, Joseph ; Fitzner, Julia ; Campbell, Harry ; Cohen, Cheryl ; Cozza, Vanessa ; Jara, Jorge ; Krishnan, Anand ; Lee,, Vernon
• Corporate Authors:
  WHO Working Group on the Burden of Influenza Disease
• Description:
  Influenza has long been a global public health priority because of the threat of another global pandemic. Although data are available for the annual burden of seasonal influenza in many developed countries, fewer disease burden data are available for low-income and tropical countries. In recent years, however, the surveillance systems created as part of national pandemic preparedness efforts have produced substantial data on the epidemiology and impact of influenza in countries where data were sparse. These data are leading to greater interest in seasonal influenza, including implementation of vaccination programs. However, a lack of quality data on severe influenza, nonrespiratory outcomes, and high-risk groups, as well as a need for better mathematical models and economic evaluations, are some of the major gaps that remain. These gaps are the focus of multilateral research and surveillance efforts that will strengthen global efforts in influenza control in the future.
• Subjects:
  Cost Of Illness Global Health Humans Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus Influenza Vaccines Pandemics Perspective Population Surveillance Public Health
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(7):1173-1177.
• Pubmed ID:
  29912681
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6038739
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  World Health Organization.
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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  urn:sha256:f6722153a93e46973d5edd6556c66844fd9a694a35c0a766df4bd09f52ed4621
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