Journal article
Influenza epidemiology in adults admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2014: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)
AC Cheng, M Holmes, S Senenayake, DE Dwyer, S Hewagama, T Korman, L Irving, S Brown, G Waterer, C Hunter, ND Friedman, P Wark, G Simpson, J Upman, S Bowler, K Macartney, C Blyth, T Kotsimbos, P Kelly
Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report | Published : 2015
Abstract
The Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) is a sentinel hospital-based surveillance program that operates at sites in all states and territories in Australia. This report summarises the epidemiology of hospitalisations with laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2014 influenza season. In this observational study, cases were defined as patients admitted to one of the sentinel hospitals with an acute respiratory illness with influenza confirmed by nucleic acid detection. During the period 3 April to 31 October 2014 (the 2014 influenza season), 1,692 adult patients (>16 years) were admitted with confirmed influenza to one of 15 of 17 FluCAN sentinel hospitals (excluding 2 paediatric..
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