Changes in surveillance of acute respiratory infections including influenza in the Slovak Republic during 1993-2008
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
21526651
DOI
10.21101/cejph.a3593
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Acute Disease MeSH
- Influenza, Human complications epidemiology MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Epidemics MeSH
- Respiratory Tract Infections complications epidemiology virology MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Morbidity MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Population Surveillance * MeSH
- Influenza Vaccines administration & dosage MeSH
- Age Distribution MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Infant MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Young Adult MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Infant, Newborn MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Slovakia epidemiology MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Influenza Vaccines MeSH
The authors evaluated surveillance of acute respiratory infections (ARI), influenza and influenza-like illnesses (ILI) in the Slovak Republic (SR). They analyze morbidity, age-specific morbidity, complications, mortality, number of influenza viruses isolations and vaccination coverage rates in the SR in the years 1993-2008. They focus mainly on the analysis during the epidemic. Most epidemics have been caused by influenza virus A subtype H3N2. The age group mostly affected by morbidity during the year were children at the age of 0-5, while during the epidemic, the highest morbidity was recorded among school children at the age of 6-14. A complicated clinical course of the disease was reported in 1,422,836 patients (5.1%). Since the 2002/2003 influenza season, the sentinel physicians have participated in taking biological material, which ensures monitoring of influenza viruses circulating in the SR. As of the 2006/2007 season, the ARI/ILI have been reported separately in the SR in accordance with the monitoring requirements set by the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) project, and the calculation of morbidity is done from the number of persons, who are in care of the reporting physicians: Vaccination coverage in SR is still very low in comparison with other European Union (EU) countries.
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