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dc.creatorPetrović, Vladimir
dc.creatorŠeguljev, Zorica
dc.creatorĆosić, Gorana
dc.creatorRistić, Mioljub
dc.creatorNedeljković, Jasminka
dc.creatorDragnić, Nataša
dc.creatorUkropina, Snezana
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-18T10:36:56Z
dc.date.available2021-02-18T10:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.issn0353-9504
dc.identifier.urihttp://intor.torlakinstitut.com/handle/123456789/323
dc.description.abstractAim To analyze the epidemiological data for pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia, during the season of 2009/2010 and to assess whether including severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) hospitalization data to the surveillance system gives a more complete picture of the impact of influenza during the pandemic. Methods From September 2009 to September 2010, the Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina conducted sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illnesses and acute respiratory infections in all hospitalized patients with SARI and virological surveillance of population of Vojvodina according to the European Centers for Disease Control technical document. Results The pandemic influenza outbreak in the province started in October 2009 (week 44) in students who had returned from a school-organized trip to Prague, Bratislava, and Vienna. The highest incidence rate was 1090 per 100 000 inhabitants, found in the week 50. The most affected age group were children 5-14 years old. A total of 1591 patients with severe illness were admitted to regional hospitals, with a case fatality rate of 2%, representing a hospitalization rate of 78.3 per 100 000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 1.6 per 100 000. Most frequently hospitalized were 15-19 years old patients, male patients, and patients with pneumonia (P lt 0.001). The highest case fatality rate was found among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (P lt 0.001). Nasal/throat swabs were obtained for polymerase chain reaction test from 315 hospitalized patients and 20 non-hospitalized patients, and 145 (46%) and 15 (75%) specimens, respectively, tested positive on A(H1N1)v. Conclusion Sentinel influenza-like illness and SARI surveillance, both followed with virological surveillance, seem to be the optimal method to monitor the full scope of the influenza pandemic (from mild to severe influenza) in Vojvodina.en
dc.publisherMedicinska Naklada, Zagreb
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceCroatian Medical Journal
dc.titleOverview of the winter wave of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v in Vojvodina, Serbiaen
dc.typearticle
dc.rights.licenseBY-NC-ND
dc.citation.epage150
dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.other52(2): 141-150
dc.citation.rankM22
dc.citation.spage141
dc.citation.volume52
dc.identifier.doi10.3325/cmj.2011.52.141
dc.identifier.fulltexthttp://intor.torlakinstitut.com/bitstream/id/177/320.pdf
dc.identifier.pmid21495196
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-79959662913
dc.identifier.wos000290133800004
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