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Peer reviewed scientific article
English
Authors
Nielsen,J.K.; Vestergaard, Lasse S; Richter, Lukas; Schmid, Daniela; Natalia Bustos Sierra; Asikainen, Tommi; Trebbien, Ramona; Denissov, Gleb; Innos, Kaire; Virtanen, Mikko J; Fouillet, Anne; Lytras, Theodore; Gkolfinopoulou, Kassiani; an der Heiden, Matthias; Grabenhenrich, Linus; Uphoff, Helmut; Paldy, Anna; Bobvos, Janos; Domegan, Lisa; O'Donnell, Joan; Scortichini, Matteo; de Martino, Annamaria; Mossong, Joel; England, Kathleen; Melillo, Jackie; van Asten, Liselotte; de Lange, Marit; Tonnessen, Ragnhild; White, Richard A; da Silva, Susana P.; Rodrigues, Ana P; Larrauri, Amparo; Mazagatos, Clara; Farah, Ahmed; Carnahan, AnnaSara D.; Junker, Christoph; Sinnathamby, Mary; Pebody, Richard G; Andrews, Nick; Reynolds, Arlene; McMenamin, Jim; Brown, Caroline S; Adlhoch, Cornelia; Penttinen, Pasi; Mølbak, Kåre; Krause, Tyra GKeywords
Abstract:
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 regions, representing 60% of the European population excl. Russia and the Turkey part of European, we estimated age stratified all-cause excess morality using the EuroMOMO model. In …