This article, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, estimates the global mortality associated with the first 12 months of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus pandemic. Results of the analysis estimate that respiratory and cardiovascular mortality associated with the virus was 15 times higher than reported laboratory-confirmed deaths, with a disproportionate number of estimated pandemic deaths occurring in Africa and southeast Asia. ABSTRACT ONLY: (Learn how users in developing countries can gain free access to journal articles.)

Author(s): Dawood FS, Iuliano AD, Reed C, et al.

Published: 2012

Resource types: Peer-reviewed journal

Diseases: Influenza

Topics: Disease burden and surveillance; Disease/vaccine specific information

Regions: Global