Publications by authors named "Gelila Demissie"
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- - Influenza is a viral respiratory illness causing severe symptoms and significant annual mortality worldwide, with Ethiopia lacking comprehensive data on its impact despite establishing surveillance in 2008.
- - The study utilized influenza surveillance data from 2009-2015, collecting throat-swab samples from patients with influenza-like and severe respiratory illness to monitor and characterize viral strains.
- - Out of nearly 5,000 samples tested, about 20.6% were positive for influenza, with higher positivity rates in older children and young adults, peaking in November; the strains identified included seasonal influenza A(H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm2009.
Ethiopia launched influenza surveillance in November 2008. By October 2010, 176 patients evaluated at 5 sentinel health facilities in Addis Ababa met case definitions for influenza-like illness or severe acute respiratory illness (SARI). Most patients (131 [74%]) were children aged 0-4 years.
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