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Etiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections,Bangladesh, 2017 |
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| Authors: | Md R. Rahaman Karen A. Alroy Chris A. Van Beneden Michael S. Friedman Erin D. Kennedy Mahmudur Rahman Arunmozhi Balajee A.K.M. Muraduzzaman Tahmina Shirin Meerjady S. Flora Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner |
| Affiliation: | The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (M.R. Rahaman);Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research, Dhaka (M.R. Rahaman, A.K.M. Muraduzzaman, T. Shirin, M.S. Flora);Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K.A. Alroy, C.A. Van Beneden, M.S. Friedman, E.D. Kennedy, A. Balajee, E. Azziz-Baumgartner);icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (M.R. Rahman); |
| Abstract: | In April 2017, surveillance detected a surge in severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in Bangladesh. We collected specimens from SARI patients and asymptomatic controls for analysis with multipathogen diagnostic tests. Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 was associated with the SARI epidemic, suggesting that introducing vaccines and empiric antiviral drugs could be beneficial. |
| Keywords: | severe influenza vaccine Bangladesh respiratory infections vaccine-preventable diseases viruses |
