Open AccessElevated Influenza‐Related Excess Mortality in South African Elderly Individuals, 1998–2005
Author(s) -
Cheryl Cohen,
Lone Simonsen,
JongWon Kang,
Mark A. Miller,
Jo McAnerney,
Lucille Blumberg,
Barry D. Schoub,
Shabir A. Madhi,
Cécile Viboud
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/657314
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , mortality rate , excess mortality , population , pneumonia , epidemiology , environmental health , sociology
Although essential to guide control measures, published estimates of influenza-related seasonal mortality for low- and middle-income countries are few. We aimed to compare influenza-related mortality among individuals aged ≥65 years in South Africa and the United States.
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