Counting pandemic deaths: Comparing reported numbers of deaths from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 with estimated excess mortality

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1370-1379

  Gran, Jon Michael ^a,b   Kacelnik, Oliver ^a,c   Grjibovski, Andrei M ^a,d   Aavitsland, Preben ^e   Iversen, Bjørn G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ECDC   (Sweden)

^d NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e Epidemi   (Norway)

Author keywords

A(H1N1)pdm09; Excess mortality; Influenza; Modelling; Pandemic; Reporting

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

A(H1N1)PDM09; EXCESS MORTALITY; INFLUENZA; MODELLING; PANDEMIC; REPORTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PANDEMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887174280     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12125     Document Type: Article

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