Marta Von Horoch

TL;DR: These global influenza-associated respiratory mortality estimates are higher than previously reported, suggesting that previous estimates might have underestimated disease burden.

TL;DR: Influenza-associated hospitalization rates were more than three times higher in developing countries than in industrialized countries (150/ 100,000 children/year versus 48/100,000); however, differences in hospitalization practices between settings are an important limitation in interpreting these findings.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used meta-analytic proportions to global estimates of lower respiratory infections (LRIs) and hospitalizations from the Global Burden of Disease study in adults ≥20 years and by age groups (20−64 years and ≥65 years) to obtain the number of influenza-associated LRI episodes and hospitalization for 2016.

TL;DR: The annual burden of influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations in the Americas is estimated to be 772,000 (95% credible interval 716,000–829,000), with a heavy burden among young children and the elderly.

TL;DR: Influenza B is important in LAC with both B/Victoria and B/Yamagata circulating annually in all sub regions, and the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of using the quadrivalent vaccine rather than the trivalent influenza vaccine is investigated.