Influenza prevention in nursing homes: Great significance of seasonal variability and spatio-temporal pattern

Autor: Françoise Stoll-Keller, Sabrina Larocca, Anne Mosnier, Xavier Bertrand, Philippe Gaspard, C. Roth
Přispěvatelé: University of Saskatchewan [Saskatoon] ( U of S ), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement ( LCE ), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ) -Université de Franche-Comté ( UFC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Besançon] ( CHRU Besançon ), University of Saskatchewan [Saskatoon] (U of S), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Gerontology
MESH : Aged
Disease Outbreaks
MESH: Aged
80 and over
0302 clinical medicine
[ SDV.MP ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology
Health care
MESH : Population Surveillance
Homes for the Aged
Medicine
MESH : Female
MESH : Influenza
Human
030212 general & internal medicine
MESH: Disease Outbreaks
Aged
80 and over
MESH: Aged
0303 health sciences
Respiratory tract infections
MESH: Influenza
Human
General Medicine
3. Good health
[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology
Population Surveillance
Female
Seasons
MESH : Male
Gerontological nursing
Influenza epidemics
MESH: Population Surveillance
03 medical and health sciences
Environmental health
Influenza
Human
Influenza prevention
Humans
MESH : Disease Outbreaks
MESH: Homes for the Aged
MESH : Aged
80 and over
Aged
MESH : Homes for the Aged
MESH: Humans
MESH : Seasons
030306 microbiology
business.industry
MESH : Humans
Outbreak
MESH: Male
Nursing Homes
MESH: Nursing Homes
Clinical case
business
Nursing homes
MESH: Seasons
MESH: Female
human activities
MESH : Nursing Homes
Zdroj: La Presse Médicale
La Presse Médicale, Elsevier Masson, 2015, 44 (10), pp.e311-9
ISSN: 0755-4982
2213-0276
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2015.04.041
Popis: Summary Objective This work evaluated seasonal variations and spatio-temporal pattern of respiratory tract infections (RTI) in geriatric nursing homes in order to improve effective surveillance, prevention, control and management of RTI. Methods Prospective surveillance of RTI (Low Respiratory Tract infections and Influenza Like Illnesses) was conducted in 11 sites in Alsace over a 10-year period with clinical case definitions and rapid tests (Immunoassay) to identify influenza virus. Results Influenza national epidemic was a period at high risk of RTI in nursing homes with variable impacts depending on the seasonal period. 2004–2005, 2008–2009, 2011–2012 and 2012–2013 were the periods with the highest impacts. The higher risk was not well understood during these four influenza epidemics and outbreaks occurred in numerous nursing homes despite the alerts and surveillance. Conclusion Information about seasonal variability and spatio-temporal patterns of the RTI during the national epidemic periods is essential for the nursing homes in order to help the health care workers and the visitors to understand the risk for the residents and then to improve the implementation of the control and prevention measures.
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