Kyncl Jan, Havlícková Martina
Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic.
Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2010 Aug;16(4):116-9.
Influenza is a relatively serious infection that affects hundreds of thousands of people every year in the Czech Republic alone, with unnecessary deaths as a possible outcome. Vaccination against influenza is the most important preventive measure. The highest incidence of seasonal influenza is reported in school-age children and young adults while the highest mortality is observed among the elderly. Pandemic influenza may significantly differ from seasonal influenza in these two aspects. Other epidemiological characteristics of seasonal influenza are presented and compared with those of 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 ("Mexican") influenza that caused the first pandemic of the 21st century.
流感是一种相对严重的感染性疾病，仅在捷克共和国每年就有数十万人受其影响，可能导致不必要的死亡。接种流感疫苗是最重要的预防措施。季节性流感发病率最高的人群是学龄儿童和年轻人，而死亡率最高的是老年人。大流行性流感在这两个方面可能与季节性流感有显著差异。本文介绍了季节性流感的其他流行病学特征，并与引发21世纪首次大流行的2009年甲型H1N1（“墨西哥”）流感的特征进行了比较。
