Surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in hospitals in the WHO European region - an exploratory analysis of risk factors for a severe outcome in influenza-positive SARI cases.

TJ, Meerhoff; A, Simaku; D, Ulqinaku; L, Torosyan; N, Gribkova; V, Shimanovich; G, Chakhunashvili; I, Karseladze; A, Yesmagambetova; A, Kuatbayeva; Z, Nurmatov; D, Otorbaeva; E, Lupulescu; O, Popovici; E, Smorodintseva; A, Sominina; O, Holubka; O, Onyshchenko; CS, Brown; D, Gross

doi:10.1186/s12879-014-0722-x

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Surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in hospitals in the WHO European region - an exploratory analysis of risk factors for a severe outcome in influenza-positive SARI cases.

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Meerhoff TJ

Simaku A

Ulqinaku D

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>The 2009 H1N1 pandemic highlighted the need to routinely monitor severe influenza, which lead to the establishment of sentinel hospital-based surveillance of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in several countries in Europe. The objective of this study is to describe chara...

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