Title |
Influenza epidemiology and influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2014–2015 season: annual report from the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s12889-016-3378-1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Joan Puig-Barberà, Elena Burtseva, Hongjie Yu, Benjamin J. Cowling, Selim Badur, Jan Kyncl, Anna Sominina, on behalf of the GIHSN |
Abstract |
The Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network (GIHSN) has established a prospective, active surveillance, hospital-based epidemiological study to collect epidemiological and virological data for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres over several consecutive seasons. It focuses exclusively on severe cases of influenza requiring hospitalization. A standard protocol is shared between sites allowing comparison and pooling of results. During the 2014-2015 influenza season, the GIHSN included seven coordinating sites from six countries (St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russian Federation; Prague, Czech Republic; Istanbul, Turkey; Beijing, China; Valencia, Spain; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Here, we present the detailed epidemiological and influenza vaccine effectiveness findings for the Northern Hemisphere 2014-2015 influenza season. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 3 | 23% |
France | 2 | 15% |
Unknown | 8 | 62% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
Scientists | 1 | 8% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 86 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 19 | 22% |
Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
Other | 9 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
Professor | 5 | 6% |
Other | 12 | 14% |
Unknown | 22 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 28% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 10% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
Other | 11 | 13% |
Unknown | 32 | 37% |