Publications by authors named "The Pidirac Sentinel Surveillance Program Of Catalonia"
This study investigated the performance of various case definitions and influenza symptoms in a primary healthcare sentinel surveillance system. A retrospective study of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the cases reported by a primary healthcare sentinel surveillance network for eleven years in Catalonia was conducted. Crude and adjusted diagnostic odds ratios (aDORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the case definitions and symptoms for all weeks and epidemic weeks were estimated.
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- Influenza vaccination aims to lower the risk of severe illness, complications, and death among high-risk populations, as evidenced by data from the PIDIRAC program during the 2010-2013 seasons with different virus types.
- A total of 3,173 sentinel samples were analyzed, revealing that 14.7% had received the vaccine, and overall vaccine effectiveness (VE) was found to be 58.1%, with the highest effectiveness in the 2012-2013 season at 69.7% for type B virus.
- While current vaccines show substantial effectiveness in preventing influenza-related illnesses, there is an ongoing need for improved vaccines and increased vaccination rates among high-risk groups and healthcare workers to further reduce the