Descalzo Miguel A, Clara Wilfrido, Guzmán Guiselle, Mena Ricardo, Armero Julio, Lara Bredy, Saenz Carlos, Aragón Anabela, Chacón Rafael, El-Omeiri Nathalie, Méndez-Rico Jairo, Cerpa Mauricio, Palekar Rakhee, Jara Jorge, Azziz-Baumgartner Eduardo
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), Guatemala Ciudad, Guatemala.
U.S. CDC Regional Office for Central America Region (CDC-CAR), Guatemala Ciudad, Guatemala.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2016 Jul;10(4):340-5. doi: 10.1111/irv.12385. Epub 2016 Mar 29.
Our objective was to estimate the incidence of influenza-associated hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths in Central American Region.
We used hospital discharge records, influenza surveillance virology data, and population projections collected from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to estimate influenza-associated hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths. We performed a meta-analysis of influenza-associated hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths.
The highest annual incidence was observed among children aged <5 years (136 influenza-associated hospitalizations per 100 000 persons).
Annually, 7 625-11 289 influenza-associated hospitalizations and 352-594 deaths occurred in the subregion.
Our results suggest that a substantive number of persons are annually hospitalized because of influenza. Health officials should estimate how many illnesses could be averted through increased influenza vaccination.
我们的目标是估算中美洲地区与流感相关的住院率及住院死亡率。
我们使用了从哥斯达黎加、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、洪都拉斯和尼加拉瓜收集的医院出院记录、流感监测病毒学数据以及人口预测数据,以估算与流感相关的住院率及住院死亡率。我们对与流感相关的住院率及住院死亡率进行了荟萃分析。
在年龄小于5岁的儿童中观察到最高的年发病率(每10万人中有136例与流感相关的住院病例)。
该次区域每年发生7625 - 11289例与流感相关的住院病例以及352 - 594例死亡病例。
我们的结果表明,每年有相当数量的人因流感住院。卫生官员应估算通过增加流感疫苗接种可避免多少病例。