Abubakar A, Malik M, Pebody R G, Elkholy A A, Khan W, Bellos A, Mala P
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
Flu Surveillance, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom.
East Mediterr Health J. 2016 Oct 2;22(7):513-526.
There are gaps in the knowledge about the burden of severe respiratory disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This literature review was therefore conducted to describe the burden of epidemicand pandemic-prone acute respiratory infections (ARI) in the Region which may help in the development of evidence-based disease prevention and control policies. Relevant published and unpublished reports were identified from searches of various databases; 83 documents fulfilled the search criteria. The infections identified included: ARI, avian influenza A(H5N1), influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Pneumonia and ARIs were leading causes of disease and death in the Region. Influenza A(H1N1) was an important cause of morbidity during the 2009 pandemic. This review provides a descriptive summary of the burden of acute respiratory diseases in the Region, but there still remains a lack of necessary data.
关于东地中海区域严重呼吸道疾病负担的知识存在空白。因此，开展了本次文献综述，以描述该区域易引发流行和大流行的急性呼吸道感染（ARI）的负担，这可能有助于制定基于证据的疾病预防和控制政策。通过检索各种数据库，识别出了相关的已发表和未发表报告；83份文件符合检索标准。确定的感染包括：ARI、甲型H5N1禽流感、甲型H1N1pdm09流感和中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒（MERS-CoV）感染。肺炎和ARI是该区域疾病和死亡的主要原因。甲型H1N1流感是2009年大流行期间发病的一个重要原因。本综述提供了该区域急性呼吸道疾病负担的描述性总结，但仍然缺乏必要的数据。
