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European all-cause excess and influenza-attributable mortality in the 2017/18 s...
Nielsen, Jens; Vestergaard, Lasse; Richter, L.; Schmid, D.; Bustos, N.; Asikainen, T.; Trebbien, R.; Denissov, G.; Innos, K.; Virtanen, M.J.Objectives: Weekly monitoring of European all-cause excess mortality, the EuroMOMO network, observed high excess mortality during the influenza B/Yamagata dominated 2017/18 winter season, especially among elderly. We describe all-cause excess and influenza-attributable mortality during the season 2017/18 in Europe. Methods: Based on weekly reporting of mortality from 24 European countries or sub-national region...
Excess mortality among the elderly in european countries, December 2014 to Febr...
Mølbak, K.; Espenhain, L.; Nielsen, J.; Tersago, K.; Bossuyt, N.; Denissov, G.; Baburin, A.; Virtanen, M.; Fouillet, A.; Sideroglou, T.Since December 2014 and up to February 2015, the weekly number of excess deaths from all-causes among individuals ≥ 65 years of age in 14 European countries have been significantly higher than in the four previous winter seasons. The rise in unspecified excess mortality coincides with increased proportion of influenza detection in the European influenza surveillance schemes with a main predominance of influenza...