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Who gets hospitalized for influenza pneumonia in Thailand? Implications for vaccine policy.
- Source :
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Vaccine [Vaccine] 2007 May 10; Vol. 25 (19), pp. 3827-33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Feb 12. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Risk factor information for severe complications of interpandemic influenza is needed to inform vaccine policy in Thailand. We identified patients with lab-confirmed influenza who were hospitalized with pneumonia during September 2003 to August 2004. Among the 80 case-patients identified through a population-based pneumonia surveillance system in eastern Thailand, cases were 6.2 and 11.1 times more likely to be among persons<1 year old and >75 years old, respectively, compared with the overall population. Cases were also 7.6 times more likely to have chronic respiratory disease. In Thailand, the young, elderly, and those with chronic disease were at high risk for hospitalized pneumonia from influenza.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Health Policy
Humans
Infant
Influenza Vaccines
Influenza, Human prevention & control
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Thailand epidemiology
Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
Influenza, Human complications
Influenza, Human epidemiology
Pneumonia epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0264-410X
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Vaccine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17367898
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.109