Open AccessEstimating the national burden of hospitalizations for influenza-associated severe acute respiratory infection in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2016
Author(s) -
Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane,
May Chiew,
Joshua A. Mott,
Sombandith Khamphanoulath,
Viengphone Khanthamaly,
Keooudomphone Vilivong,
Thongchanh Sisouk,
Leila Bell,
Erica Dueger,
Sheena G. Sullivan,
Angela Iuliano,
Reiko Tsuyuoka,
Onechanh Keosavanh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2020.11.2.001
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , confidence interval , population , epidemiology , demography , vaccination policy , environmental health , pediatrics , immunology , sociology
Estimates of the burden of influenza are needed to inform prevention and control activities for seasonal influenza, including to support the development of appropriate vaccination policies. We used sentinel surveillance data on severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) to estimate the burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.