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      Factores de riesgo de hospitalización por gripe (H1N1) 2009 y efectividad de intervenciones farmacológicas y no farmacológicas en su prevención: Estudio de casos y controles Translated title: Risk Factors of Influenza (H1N1) 2009 Hospitalization and Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions in its Prevention: A Case-Control study

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          Entre las medidas farmacológicas de posible utilidad para limitar el impacto de las pandemias gripales en la comunidad están los fármacos antivirales (inhibidores de la neuraminidasa) y las vacunas antigripales y antineumocócicas, ya que la gripe predispone a la neumonía bacteriana por Streptococcus pneumoniae. Entre las medidas no farmacológicas destacan la higiene de manos y la higiene respiratoria. La falta de conocimiento de la efectividad de dichas medidas en situación de pandemia justifica que en septiembre de 2009, ante la solicitud de proyectos de investigación por parte del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación en su Programa de Investigación sobre la gripe (H1N1) 2009 en España, el CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública presentara un proyecto multicéntrico de casos y controles emparejados por edad, hospital y fecha de hospitalización para investigar sobre estos aspectos en 37 hospitales de 7 comunidades autónomas. Por cada caso hospitalizado confirmado de gripe pandémica se seleccionaba 1 caso confirmado ambulatorio y 3 controles (2 hospitalarios y 1 ambulatorio). En los casos y en los controles se recogían variables demográficas, condiciones médicas subyacentes, utilización de antivirales, vacunas recibidas y hábitos de higiene. En los casos hospitalizados se recogieron, además, información relativa al tratamiento antiviral y evolución de la enfermedad. Hasta octubre 2010 se habían reclutado un total de 3.750 pacientes y se está realizando la depuración de los datos y la recuperación de variables. La implicación de las Direcciones Generales de Salud Pública ha sido fundamental para la adecuación del proyecto a la evolución de la pandemia.

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          Potentially useful pharmaceutical measures to limit the impact of pandemic influenza in the community include antiviral drugs (neuraminidase inhibitors) and the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, as influenza predisposes to bacterial pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Non-pharmaceutical measures include hand washing and respiratory hygiene. Due to the lack of knowledge of the effectiveness of these measures in a pandemic situation, in September 2009, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública presented a multicenter case-control study, with controls matched for age, hospital and date of hospitalization, to investigate these aspects in 37 hospitals in 7 Spanish autonomous communities, in response to the call for research projects by the Ministry of Science and Innovation Research Program on Influenza A (H1N1) in Spain. For each confirmed hospitalized case of pandemic influenza, 1 confirmed outpatient case and 3 controls (2 hospitalized and 1 outpatient) were selected. Demographic variables, underlying medical conditions, use of antiviral agents, vaccines received and hygiene habits were collected for all cases and controls. In hospitalized cases, information on antiviral therapy and disease progression was collected. A total of 3750 patients were recruited by October 2010. Data cleansing and the recovery of variables is now underway. The involvement of the Public Health Directorate has been instrumental in adapting the project to the evolution of the pandemic.

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          The threat posed by the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus requires public health authorities to prepare for a human pandemic. Although pre-pandemic vaccines and antiviral drugs might significantly reduce illness rates, their stockpiling is too expensive to be practical for many countries. Consequently, alternative control strategies, based on non-pharmaceutical interventions, are a potentially attractive policy option. School closure is the measure most often considered. The high social and economic costs of closing schools for months make it an expensive and therefore controversial policy, and the current absence of quantitative data on the role of schools during influenza epidemics means there is little consensus on the probable effectiveness of school closure in reducing the impact of a pandemic. Here, from the joint analysis of surveillance data and holiday timing in France, we quantify the role of schools in influenza epidemics and predict the effect of school closure during a pandemic. We show that holidays lead to a 20-29% reduction in the rate at which influenza is transmitted to children, but that they have no detectable effect on the contact patterns of adults. Holidays prevent 16-18% of seasonal influenza cases (18-21% in children). By extrapolation, we find that prolonged school closure during a pandemic might reduce the cumulative number of cases by 13-17% (18-23% in children) and peak attack rates by up to 39-45% (47-52% in children). The impact of school closure would be reduced if it proved difficult to maintain low contact rates among children for a prolonged period.
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            On April 17, 2009, CDC determined that two cases of febrile respiratory illness occurring in children who resided in adjacent counties in southern California were caused by infection with a swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. The viruses from the two cases are closely related genetically, resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, and contain a unique combination of gene segments that previously has not been reported among swine or human influenza viruses in the United States or elsewhere. Neither child had contact with pigs; the source of the infection is unknown. Investigations to identify the source of infection and to determine whether additional persons have been ill from infection with similar swine influenza viruses are ongoing. This report briefly describes the two cases and the investigations currently under way. Although this is not a new subtype of influenza A in humans, concern exists that this new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) is substantially different from human influenza A (H1N1) viruses, that a large proportion of the population might be susceptible to infection, and that the seasonal influenza vaccine H1N1 strain might not provide protection. The lack of known exposure to pigs in the two cases increases the possibility that human-to-human transmission of this new influenza virus has occurred. Clinicians should consider animal as well as seasonal influenza virus infections in their differential diagnosis of patients who have febrile respiratory illness and who 1) live in San Diego and Imperial counties or 2) traveled to these counties or were in contact with ill persons from these counties in the 7 days preceding their illness onset, or 3) had recent exposure to pigs. Clinicians who suspect swine influenza virus infections in a patient should obtain a respiratory specimen and contact their state or local health department to facilitate testing at a state public health laboratory.
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              Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in the community-dwelling elderly.

              Reliable estimates of the effectiveness of influenza vaccine among persons 65 years of age and older are important for informed vaccination policies and programs. Short-term studies may provide misleading pictures of long-term benefits, and residual confounding may have biased past results. This study examined the effectiveness of influenza vaccine in seniors over the long term while addressing potential bias and residual confounding in the results. Data were pooled from 18 cohorts of community-dwelling elderly members of one U.S. health maintenance organization (HMO) for 1990-1991 through 1999-2000 and of two other HMOs for 1996-1997 through 1999-2000. Logistic regression was used to estimate the effectiveness of the vaccine for the prevention of hospitalization for pneumonia or influenza and death after adjustment for important covariates. Additional analyses explored for evidence of bias and the potential effect of residual confounding. There were 713,872 person-seasons of observation. Most high-risk medical conditions that were measured were more prevalent among vaccinated than among unvaccinated persons. Vaccination was associated with a 27% reduction in the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia or influenza (adjusted odds ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.68 to 0.77) and a 48% reduction in the risk of death (adjusted odds ratio, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.55). Estimates were generally stable across age and risk subgroups. In the sensitivity analyses, we modeled the effect of a hypothetical unmeasured confounder that would have caused overestimation of vaccine effectiveness in the main analysis; vaccination was still associated with statistically significant--though lower--reductions in the risks of both hospitalization and death. During 10 seasons, influenza vaccination was associated with significant reductions in the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia or influenza and in the risk of death among community-dwelling elderly persons. Vaccine delivery to this high-priority group should be improved. Copyright 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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                Revista Española de Salud Pública
                Rev. Esp. Salud Publica
                Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (Madrid )
                1135-5727
                February 2011
                : 85
                : 1
                : 3-15
                Affiliations
                [1 ] CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)
                [2 ] Comunidad de Madrid
                [3 ] CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERes)
                [4 ] Comunidad de Andalucía
                [5 ] Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa (REIPI)
                [6 ] Junta de Castilla y León
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                S1135-57272011000100002
                aecdf746-3c68-4021-952e-545e2ee11b7c

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                Effectiveness,Influenza vaccines,Personal hygiene,Case-control studies,Streptococcus pneumoniae,Efectividad,Vacuna antigripal,Higiene personal,Estudio de casos y controles

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