Flaws and uncertainties in pandemic global excess death calculations

JPA Ioannidis, F Zonta, M Levitt - European journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Several teams have been publishing global estimates of excess deaths during the COVID‐
19 pandemic. Here, we examine potential flaws and underappreciated sources of …

The burden of respiratory viruses and their prevalence in different geographical regions of India: 1970–2020

R Waghmode, S Jadhav, V Nema - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As per the 2019 report of the National Health Portal of India, 41,996,260 cases and 3,740
deaths from respiratory infections were recorded across India in 2018. India contributes to …

Paradigm shift of respiratory viruses causing lower respiratory tract infection in children during COVID-19 pandemic in India

M Kang, S Sarkar, SK Angurana, P Singh… - The Journal of Infection …, 2023 - jidc.org
Introduction: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) are the commonest cause of
mortality in children mostly attributed to respiratory viruses. During the coronavirus disease …

[HTML][HTML] Influenza B infections in children: A review

YR Bhat - World journal of clinical pediatrics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Influenza B (IFB) virus belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family and has two antigenically and
genetically distinct lineages; B/Victoria/2/87-like (Victoria lineage) and B/Yamagata/16/88 …

Cohort profile: Indian network of population-based surveillance platforms for influenza and other respiratory viruses among the elderly (INSPIRE)

A Krishnan, L Dar, R Amarchand, AO Prabhakaran… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Purpose We describe here a multicentric community-dwelling cohort of older adults (> 60
years of age) established to estimate incidence, study risk factors, healthcare utilisation and …

Clinical profile, intensive care needs and predictors of outcome among children admitted with non-COVID severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) during the pandemic

A Agarwal, M Jayashree, SK Angurana… - Indian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives To study the epidemiology of non-coronavirus disease-2019 (non-COVID-19)
respiratory viral infections with respect to their clinical profile, intensive care needs and …

Ethanolic Extract from Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Inhibits Influenza A/B and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection In Vitro: Preventive Agent for Viral Respiratory …

SK Lee, DR Lee, DE Min, SH Park… - … Nutrition and Food …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Among the most frequent causes of respiratory infections in humans are influenza A virus
H1N1 (H1N1), influenza B virus (IVB), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Echinacea is a …

Efficacy of live attenuated and inactivated influenza vaccines among children in rural India: A 2-year, randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial

A Krishnan, L Dar, S Saha, VV Narayan, R Kumar… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Influenza is a cause of febrile acute respiratory infection (FARI) in India;
however, few influenza vaccine trials have been conducted in India. We assessed absolute …

Cumulative incidence and mortality rate of cardiovascular complications due to laboratory‐confirmed influenza virus infection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

K Ouranos, S Vassilopoulos… - Reviews in Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Influenza infection is associated with cardiovascular complications that range significantly in
presentation and severity. The cumulative incidence of cardiovascular complications due to …

Adjusting reported COVID-19 deaths for the prevailing routine death surveillance in india

HD Shewade, GG Parameswaran… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In India, the “low mortality” narrative based on the reported COVID-19 deaths may be
causing more harm than benefit. The extent to which COVID-19 deaths get reported …