| Title |
Comparing Pandemic to Seasonal Influenza Mortality: Moderate Impact Overall but High Mortality in Young Children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0031197 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cees C. van den Wijngaard, Liselotte van Asten, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Wilfrid van Pelt, Nico J. D. Nagelkerke, Cornelia C. H. Wielders, Alies van Lier, Wim van der Hoek, Adam Meijer, Gé A. Donker, Frederika Dijkstra, Carel Harmsen, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Mirjam Kretzschmar |
| Abstract |
We assessed the severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic by comparing pandemic mortality to seasonal influenza mortality. However, reported pandemic deaths were laboratory-confirmed - and thus an underestimation - whereas seasonal influenza mortality is often more inclusively estimated. For a valid comparison, our study used the same statistical methodology and data types to estimate pandemic and seasonal influenza mortality. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 38% |
| Ireland | 2 | 13% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 6% |
| Czechia | 1 | 6% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 2 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 19% |
| Scientists | 3 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 15% |
| Researcher | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 13 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 40% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 20% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 16 | 20% |