Burden of influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1017-1032

  Savy, Vilma ^a   Ciapponi, Agustín ^b   Bardach, Ariel ^b   Glujovsky, Demián ^b   Aruj, Patricia ^b   Mazzoni, Agustina ^b   Gibbons, Luz ^b   Ortega Barría, Eduardo ^c   Colindres, Rómulo E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c Estrada dos Bandeirantes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Costs; Epidemiology; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Latin America Caribbean; Use of resources

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABSENTEEISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARGENTINA; BARBADOS; BRAZIL; CAYMAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; DOMINICA; ECUADOR; EL SALVADOR; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; FRENCH GUIANA; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MEXICO; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA;

BURDEN OF DISEASE; COSTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS; LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN; USE OF RESOURCES;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LATIN AMERICA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84887143411     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12036     Document Type: Review

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