Using a hospital admission survey to estimate the burden of influenza‐associated severe acute respiratory infection in one province of Cambodia—methods used and lessons learned

摘要

BackgroundUnderstanding the burden of influenza‐associated severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) is important for setting national influenza surveillance and vaccine priorities. Estimating influenza‐associated SARI rates requires hospital‐based surveillance data and a population‐based denominator, which can be challenging to determine.