EXCESS MORTALITY AND INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE IN TAIWAN
EXCESS MORTALITY AND INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE IN TAIWAN
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DOI：
10.1093/ije/7.3.223
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发表时间：
1978-01-01
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
HATTWICK, MAW
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文献类型：
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作者：
RETAILLIAU, HF;GALE, JL;HATTWICK, MAW
超额死亡率是温带地区流感监测的有用流行病学工具。对台湾流感流行病学进行回顾性分析，探讨该技术在热带亚热带地区的实用性。在台湾先前确认的流感流行期间，也发现了与温带流感流行期间观察到的死亡率类似的超额死亡率。对于幼儿和老年人来说，超额死亡率甚至高于温带地区。流感流行期间还注意到病毒分离、学校缺勤增加和临床发病率高。事实证明，在台湾使用这些流行病学技术是描述流感影响的有效方法。
Excess mortality is a useful epidemiologic tool for influenza surveillance in the temperate zone. A retrospective analysis of the epidemiology of influenza in Taiwan was undertaken to explore the usefulness of this technique in the tropical-subtropical zone. Excess mortality similar to that observed during influenza epidemics in the temperate zone was noted during periods of previously recognized influenza epidemics in Taiwan. For the very young and the elderly excess mortality was even higher than in the temperate zone. Virus isolations, increased school absenteeism and high clinical attack rates were also noted during influenza epidemics. Use of these epidemiologic techniques in Taiwan proved to be a useful approach to describe the impact of influenza.