Severe Acute Respiratory Infections With Influenza and Noninfluenza Respiratory Viruses: Yemen, 2011-2016

In 2010, Yemen started the surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs) by establishing 2 sentinel sites in Sana’a and Aden city. This study aims to determine the proportions of influenza and noninfluenza viruses among SARI patients and to determine the severity of SARI and its assoc...

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Published in:Inquiry (Chicago) 2019-01, Vol.56, p.1-7
Main Authors: Al Amad, Mohammad Abdullah, Al Mahaqri, Ali Ali, Al Serouri, Abdulwahed Abdulgabar, Khader, Yousef S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Chronic illnesses
Disease
Etiology
Fatalities
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influenza
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data
Mortality
Pathogens
Patients
Population Surveillance
Retrospective Studies
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - mortality
Supplement: Applied Epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Surveillance
Viruses
Yemen - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:In 2010, Yemen started the surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs) by establishing 2 sentinel sites in Sana’a and Aden city. This study aims to determine the proportions of influenza and noninfluenza viruses among SARI patients and to determine the severity of SARI and its associated factors. The data of SARI patients who were admitted to SARI surveillance sites at Al Johory hospital in Sana’a and Al Wahdah hospital in Aden city during the period 2011-2016 were analyzed. The proportions of positive influenza viruses (type A, B) and noninfluenza viruses (respiratory syncytial, adenovirus, human parainfluenza, and human metapneumovirus), intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate, and fatality rate among SARI patients were calculated. A total of 1811 of SARI patients were admitted during 2011-2016. Of those, 78% were
ISSN:0046-9580
1945-7243
DOI:10.1177/0046958019850731