Influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths, Costa Rica, 2009-2012

Guiselle Guzman Saborío; Alexey Clara; Antonio Garcia; Fabio Quesada; Rakhee Palekar; Percy Minaya; Marvin Cervantes; Mariel Lopez; Jenny Lara; Jorge Jara; Natalia Blanco; Joseph Bresee; Marc-Alain Widdowson; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

doi:10.3201/eid2005.131775.

Influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths, Costa Rica, 2009-2012

Guiselle Guzman Saborío, Alexey Clara, Antonio Garcia, Fabio Quesada, Rakhee Palekar, Percy Minaya, Marvin Cervantes, Mariel Lopez, Jenny Lara, Jorge Jara, Natalia Blanco, Joseph Bresee, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

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Data needed to guide influenza vaccine policies are lacking in tropical countries. We multiplied the number of severe acute respiratory infections by the proportion testing positive for influenza. There were ≈6,699 influenza hospitalizations and 803 deaths in Costa Rica during 2009-2012, supporting continuation of a national influenza vaccine program.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	878-881
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2005.131775.
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Costa Rica/epidemiology
Female
History, 21st Century
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Influenza, Human/epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Young Adult

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Influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths, Costa Rica, 2009-2012

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