Evaluation of obesity as an independent risk factor for medically attended laboratory-confirmed influenza.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wild birds are the natural hosts for influenza A viruses (IAVs) and provide a niche for the maintenance of this virus. OBJECTIVES:This study was undertaken to analyze nucleotide sequences of the matrix (M) gene of AIVs isolated from wild birds and live bird markets (LBMs) to index the changes occurring in t...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Chander Y,Jindal N,Sreevatsan S,Stallknecht DE,Goyal SM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A myriad of risk factors have been linked to an increase in the severity of the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus [A(H1N1)pdm09] including pregnancy and obesity where death rates can be elevated as compared to the general population. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the influence of pregnancy an...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Karlsson EA,Marcelin G,Webby RJ,Schultz-Cherry S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2009, Thailand has recommended influenza vaccine for children aged 6 months through 2 years, but no estimates of influenza vaccine coverage or effectiveness are available for this target group. METHODS:During August 2011-May 2013, high-risk and healthy children aged ≤36 months were enrolled in a 2-yea...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Kittikraisak W,Suntarattiwong P,Levy J,Fernandez S,Dawood FS,Olsen SJ,Chotpitayasunondh T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nineteen mass vaccination clinics were established in Montreal, Canada, as part of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1p vaccination campaign. Although approximately 50% of the population was vaccinated, there was a considerable variation in clinic performance and community vaccine coverage. OBJECTIVE:To identify comm...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Charland KM,de Montigny L,Brownstein JS,Buckeridge DL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever and respiratory symptoms are the major causes of hospitalisation in infants aged 90 days or less. Respiratory viruses (RVs) are detected by multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (mRT-PCR) in up to 70% of infants tested in this population. Aminotransferase elevation is not uncommon i...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Kim SG,Oh YN,Lee JK

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-based studies of influenza and other respiratory viruses (eg, SARS-CoV-2) require laboratory confirmation of infection. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing guidelines require alternative data collection in order to protect both research staff and participants. Home-collected res...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Malosh RE,Petrie JG,Callear AP,Monto AS,Martin ET

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower respiratory tract illness is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide, however, information about the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of LRTIs caused by HMPV and HBoV in China is limited. OBJECTIVES:Human bocavirus (HBoV) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are two impo...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Zhou JY,Peng Y,Peng XY,Gao HC,Sun YP,Xie LY,Zhong LL,Duan ZJ,Xie ZP,Cao YD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic spread across the globe from April 2009 to August 2010, many WHO Member States used antiviral drugs, specifically neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) oseltamivir and zanamivir, to treat influenza patients in critical condition. Antivirals have been found to be effective in reducing sev...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Miller PE,Rambachan A,Hubbard RJ,Li J,Meyer AE,Stephens P,Mounts AW,Rolfes MA,Penn CR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider the net benefits of pre-dispensing antivirals to high-risk individuals during an influenza pandemic, where the measure of the benefit is the number of severe outcomes (such as deaths or hospitalizations) prevented by antivirals in the whole population. One potential benefit of pre-dispensing is that indivi...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Goldstein E,Miller JC,O'Hagan JJ,Lipsitch M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In this study we investigated the levels of cytokines and chemokines produced locally and systemically after influenza vaccination of patients undergoing tonsillectomy. METHODS:Blood and saliva were collected prior to, and 1 or 2 weeks after vaccination at the time of the tonsillectomy. The cy...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Eriksson JC,Cox RJ,Szyszko E,Davidsson A,Brokstad KA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to examine the efficacy of medical masks and respirators in protecting against respiratory infections using pooled data from two homogenous randomised control clinical trials (RCTs). METHODS:The data collected on 3591 subjects in two similar RCTs conducted in Beijing, China, which examined the same ...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： MacIntyre CR,Chughtai AA,Rahman B,Peng Y,Zhang Y,Seale H,Wang X,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Influenza typically contributes substantially to the burden of ARI, but only limited data are available on influenza activity and seasonality in Jordan. METHODS:Syndromic case definitions were used to identify indivi...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Al-Abdallat M,Dawson P,Haddadin AJ,El-Shoubary W,Dueger E,Al-Sanouri T,Said MM,Talaat M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The goal of this double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial was to assess the safety and immunogenicity of two different doses of a monovalent split-virion 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant in Chinese infants aged 6-35 months. DESIGN AND SETTING  Subjects were randomly assigned...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Li YP,Li W,Liang XF,Liu Y,Huang XC,Li CG,Li RC,Wang JZ,Wang HQ,Yin WD

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a novel parvovirus that is associated with respiratory and gastrointestinal tract disease. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence and genetic diversity of HBoV amongst hospitalized patients with acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in Cambodia. STUDY DESIGN:  Samples were co...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Arnott A,Vong S,Rith S,Naughtin M,Ly S,Guillard B,Deubel V,Buchy P

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the diagnostic value of measuring the levels of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) to differentiate children co-infected with H1N1 influenza and bacteria from children infected with H1N1 influenza alone. METHODS:Consecutive patients (children aged < 5 years) with laboratory...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Li Z,He L,Li S,He W,Zha C,Ou W,Hou Q,Wang W,Sun X,Liang H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It appears inter-seasonal influenza notifications have been increasing in summer months in Australia. This study aims to determine changes in inter-seasonal influenza activity in Australia over time. METHODS:Routine influenza surveillance data and hospitalisations data were analysed to study the epidemiolog...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Moa AM,Adam DC,MacIntyre CR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the best efforts of influenza scientists, companies and health officials to prepare for the next pandemic, most of the world's people will not have access to affordable supplies of vaccines and antiviral agents. They will have to rely on 19th century public health 'technologies' to see them through. In the 21s...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Fedson DS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the onset of the pandemic H1N1/09 influenza A outbreak in Australia, health authorities devised official clinical case definitions to guide testing and access to antiviral therapy. OBJECTIVES:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of these case definitions and to attempt to improve on them using a scoring sys...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Mahony AA,Cheng AC,Olsen KL,Aboltins CA,Black JF,Johnson PD,Lindsay Grayson M,Torresi J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:School-located influenza vaccination (SLV) programs have the potential to mass-vaccinate all enrolled children, but parental consent is required. OBJECTIVE:To examine parental attitudes and determine predictors of parental consent for vaccination of schoolchildren through SLV programs. PATIENTS/METHODS:Sur...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Cheung S,Wang HL,Mascola L,El Amin AN,Pannaraj PS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the sparse information on the burden of influenza in Lebanon, the Ministry of Public Health established a sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) to identify the attribution of influenza to reported cases. We aim to highlight the proportion of influenza-associated SARI from...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Saleh M,Bazzi L,Ismail E,Mroueh L,Jammal N,Elkholy A,Mrad P,Samadi AA,Hijazi A,Abiad F,Nsouli G,Rady A,Khan W,Malik M,Zalloua P,Ammar W,Ghosn N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Equine influenza (EI) is a highly contagious respiratory disease of horses. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate two rapid antigen detection kits (Directigen or DFA, and Espline) and a commercial ELISA for the detection of EI nucleoprotein in nasal swabs. METHOD:Nasal swab samples from naturall...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Galvin P,Gildea S,Nelly M,Quinlivan M,Arkins S,Walsh C,Cullinane A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relative ability of neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) to reduce household influenza transmission when given to index patients is not established. OBJECTIVES:To compare daily secondary infection rates (SIR) of influenza A (A/H1pdm and A/H3) and B in households of index patients treated with oseltamivir, za...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Hirotsu N,Saisho Y,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV) are important viral pathogens in childhood. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to estimate the effect of influenza and RSV on excess hospitalizations for acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTI) in children aged≤5. METHODS:Retrospective, population-based study ...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Učakar V,Sočan M,Trilar KP

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data exist on transmission dynamics and effectiveness of control measures for influenza in confined settings. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the transmission dynamics of a 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A outbreak aboard a Peruvian Navy ship and quantify the effectiveness of the implemented control measure...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Vera DM,Hora RA,Murillo A,Wong JF,Torre AJ,Wang D,Boulay D,Hancock K,Katz JM,Ramos M,Loayza L,Quispe J,Reaves EJ,Bausch DG,Chowell G,Montgomery JM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Yangtze river delta in eastern China, centered on Shanghai, is one of the most populated regions of the world with more than 100 million residents. We examined the impact of influenza on excess mortality in Yancheng, a prefecture-level city with 8.2 million population located 250 km north of Shanghai, ...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Zhang H,Xiong Q,Wu P,Chen Y,Leung NHL,Cowling BJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are particularly relevant in influenza vaccine trials in the elderly where reduction in symptom severity could prevent illness-related functional impairment. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate PROs in people aged ≥ 65 years receiving two different vaccines. METHODS:This was a phase III...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： van Essen GA,Beran J,Devaster JM,Durand C,Duval X,Esen M,Falsey AR,Feldman G,Gervais P,Innis BL,Kovac M,Launay O,Leroux-Roels G,McElhaney JE,McNeil S,Oujaa M,Richardus JH,Ruiz-Palacios G,Osborne RH,Oostvogels L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospitalization burden associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is uncertain due to ambiguity in the inference methodologies employed for its estimation. OBJECTIVES:Utilization of a new method to quantitate the above burden. METHODS:Weekly hospitalization rates for several principal ...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Goldstein E,Greene SK,Olson DR,Hanage WP,Lipsitch M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses reemerged in humans in 2003 and have caused fatal human infections in Asia and Africa as well as ongoing outbreaks in poultry. These viruses have evolved substantially and are now so antigenically varied that a single vaccine antigen may not protect against all circul...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Ducatez MF,Webb A,Crumpton JC,Webby RJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinovac Biotech started to develop prototype pandemic influenza H5N1 vaccines in March 2004. On 2 April 2008, Sinovac's inactivated, aluminium-adjuvanted, whole-virion prototype pandemic influenza A (H5N1) vaccine (PanFlu) was granted production licensure by the China regulatory authority State Food and Drug Administr...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Qiu YZ,Yin WD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether morbidity from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic discriminated by socioeconomic status has remained a subject of debate for 100 years. In lack of data to study this issue, the recent literature has hypothesized that morbidity was "socially neutral." OBJECTIVES:To study the associations between influenz...

journal_title：Influenza and other respiratory viruses

authors： Mamelund SE

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00