Case fatality risk of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Session - Estimating the Burden of Influenza: abstract no. 442BACKGROUND: During the 2009 influenza pandemic, confusion over the severity of human infections with the H1N1pdm09 virus hindered the appropriate public health response. One measure of severity is the case fatality risk, defined as the probability of mortality among people classified as cases. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize published estimates of the case fatality risk of the influ...link_to_OA_fulltex