Skip to main content
. 2023 May 7;10(6):ofad244. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad244

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients Enrolled in the GIHSN Study by Site in the 2018/2019 Influenza Season

Recruiting Site Laboratory Confirmed Influenza N (%Within Site) Influenza Negative
N (%Within Site)
Age (Years)
Median [IQR]
Influenza Vaccine Uptake N (%Within Site)a
Overall 3512 (21.9) 12 510 (78.1) 9.0 [1.1–61.0] 2094 (13.1)
Northern Hemisphere
France—Lyon 43 (40.2) 64 (59.8) 71.0 [57.5–84.0] 48 (44.9)
Spain—Valencia 297 (9.8) 2748 (90.2) 73.0 [49.0–84.0] 1220 (40.1)
Romania 416 (44.5) 518 (55.5) 13.0 [2.5–53.0] 100 (16.8)
Serbia 336 (44.7) 415 (55.3) 60.0 [39.0–69.0] 21 (2.8)
Russia-Moscow 174 (21.2) 648 (78.8) 24.0 [2.3–52.0] 29 (3.5)
Russia-St. Petersburg 1096 (36.0) 1945 (64.0) 4.3 [1.6–22.0] 127 (4.1)
Canada 252 (53.8) 216 (46.2) 67.0 [52.0–79.0] 203 (43.4)
Mexico 163 (27.4) 432 (72.6) 4.5 [1.2–49.0] 100 (16.8)
China-Shanghai 164 (14.2) 992 (85.8) 0.8 [0.2–2.7] 6 (0.5)
Lebanon 124 (24.7) 379 (75.3) 37.0 [6.0–66.0] 46 (9.1)
Intertropical Region
India 230 (23.5) 748 (76.5) 58.0 [38.0–70.0] 15 (1.5)
Ivory Coast 32 (7.8) 377 (92.2) 2.0 [0.7–28.0] 17 (4.1)
Kenya 22 (4.3) 484 (95.7) 1.2 [0.5–3.0] 0 (0)
Colombia 15 (12.2) 108 (87.8) 1.3 [0.4–28.0] 27 (22)
Southern Hemisphere
South Africa 90 (5.6) 1504 (94.4) 0.7 [0.1–2.9] 0 (0)
Brazil 23 (6.2) 346 (93.8) 1.5 [0.4–5.0] 149 (40.4)
Argentina 18 (4.3) 404 (95.7) 1.0 [0.4–2.0] 11 (2.6)
Peru 17 (8.5) 182 (91.5) 3.2 [0.7–15.5] 27 (13.6)

Abbreviations: GIHSN, Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network; IQR, interquartile range.

NOTE: Influenza vaccine uptake by site is illustrated graphically in Supplementary Figure 1.

a

To calculate the influenza vaccine uptake, the entire enrolled hospitalized sample within the site was used as the denominator.