Annual Estimation of Seasonal Influenza Burden in 6 South American Countries: A Retrospective Analysis of SARInet Surveillance Data to Inform Policies
Each year, influenza is associated with millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and tens of thousands of deaths in 6 South American countries, affecting a significant portion of the population. Such findings can be used to estimate the number of illnesses averted through vaccination programs and the cost-benefit of influenza vaccines.
Authors
- Adrián Santoro
- Marta Von Horoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-2745)
- Greice Madeleine Ikeda do Carmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4214-0576)
- Natalia Vergara Mallegas
- Alfredo Bruno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-4203)
- Carla Voto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-3212)
- Francisco José de Paula Júnior (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7302-0614)
- Cynthia Vázquez
- Mariela Naranjo
- Francisco Nogareda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0901-7568)
- Jorge Pacheco
- María Fernanda Olivares Barraza
- Carlos Maria Giovacchini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-1977)
- Juliana Almeida Leite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-114X)
- M.Á. Descalzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2262-7547)
- A. Danielle Iuliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-3687)
- María Pía Buyayisqui
- Eduardo Azziz‐Baumgartner
- Angel Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-7567)
- Paula Couto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-2543)
- Stefano Tempia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-347X)
- Natalia Goñi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3460-5097)
- Marc Rondy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3246-8068)
- Silvia Battaglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1017-6053)
- Nelson J Alvis-Zakzuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9382-214X)
- Rodrigo Fasce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2213-1461)
- Elena Penayo
- Miguel Alegretti
- Jorge Jara
- Elsa Baumeister
- Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira da Almeida
Institutions
- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (TZ)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (US)
- Institute of Public Health Bengaluru (IN)
- Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile (CL)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas (US)
- Ministry of Public Health (LB)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública (EC)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Ministry of Health (CL)
- Ministerio de Salud (AR)
- Ministerio de Salud Pública (UY)
- Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud (AR)
- Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (RU)
- National Influenza Center (MN)
- Ministério da Saúde (BR)
- Universidad Agraria del Ecuador (EC)
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (BD)
- Pan American Health Organization (Cuba) (CU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf037
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pan American Health Organization