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Gaceta médica de México
versión On-line ISSN 2696-1288versión impresa ISSN 0016-3813
Resumen
KURI-MORALES, Pablo Antonio; DIAZ DEL CASTILLO-FLORES, Guadalupe; CASTANEDA-PRADO, Andrés y PACHECO-MONTES, Salma Rosario. Clinical-epidemiological profile of deaths from influenza with a history of timely vaccination, Mexico 2010-2018. Gac. Méd. Méx [online]. 2019, vol.155, n.5, pp.423-429. Epub 01-Jul-2021. ISSN 2696-1288. https://doi.org/10.24875/gmm.m20000327.
Introduction:
Influenza epidemics are of higher risk at the extremes of life and in people with comorbidities. Effective vaccination prevents the occurrence of serious cases and decreases mortality.
Objective:
To describe deaths from influenza with a history of timely vaccination, from the 2010 to the 2018 season in Mexico.
Method:
Cross-sectional, descriptive study where the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance System database was used.
Results:
From 2010 to 2018, 65 vaccinated individuals died from influenza, from which 55% of cases (n = 36) were due to type A (H1N1), 51% (n = 33) were females, median age was 57 years, 21 % (n = 14) did not meet the operational definition of influenza-like illness or severe acute respiratory infection, 83% (n = 54) had at least one comorbidity, with the most common being diabetes mellitus and hypertension (32% each); 55% (n = 36) of deaths received antiviral treatment and only 8% (n = 5) had no comorbidities and received treatment with oseltamivir.
Conclusions:
Deaths from influenza with timely vaccination represent a very low percentage of the totality. Vaccination against influenza has been a specific prevention strategy that decreases disease burden.
Palabras llave : Human influenza; Cause of death; Vaccination.