Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Apr 2012)
Influenza-associated mortality in 2009 in four sentinel sites in Bangladesh
- Nusrat Homaira,
- Stephen P Luby,
- ASM Alamgir,
- Kariul Islam,
- Repon Paul,
- Jaynal Abedin,
- Mustafizur Rahman,
- Tasnim Azim,
- Goutam Podder,
- Badrul Munir Sohel,
- Abdullah Brooks,
- Alicia M Fry,
- Marc-Alain Widdowson,
- Joseph Bresee,
- Mahmudur Rahman,
- Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
Affiliations
- Nusrat Homaira
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Stephen P Luby
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- ASM Alamgir
- Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research
- Kariul Islam
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Repon Paul
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Jaynal Abedin
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Mustafizur Rahman
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Tasnim Azim
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Goutam Podder
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Badrul Munir Sohel
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Abdullah Brooks
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Alicia M Fry
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Marc-Alain Widdowson
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Joseph Bresee
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mahmudur Rahman
- Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research
- Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 90,
no. 4
pp. 272 – 278
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate influenza-associated mortality in Bangladesh in 2009. METHODS: In four hospitals in Bangladesh, respiratory samples were collected twice a month throughout 2009 from inpatients aged 59 years, respectively. CONCLUSION: The highest burden of influenza-associated mortality in Bangladesh in 2009 was among the elderly.
