|
News
Europe Meeting
The
third regional MISMS meeting will be held in Portugal following
the 3rd
European Influenza Conference. Please see Europe Meeting
information on this website for more details
Vilamoura, Portugal
September 17-20, 2008 |
The Multinational Influenza
Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) is an international collaborative
effort to analyze national and global mortality patterns associated
with influenza virus circulation.
|
MISMS has 4 specific aims:
|
- To describe synchrony in seasonal
variations of various causes of mortality associated with
influenza, by state, country, and region .
- To describe long-term temporal trends
and inter-annual variations in influenza mortality patterns,
both within and amongst countries, and their association
with changes in circulating subtypes of influenza virus,
antigenic characteristics, population factors, and vaccine
coverage.
- To explore the seasonal patterns
and burden of influenza mortality in tropical countries,
and understand the global circulation of influenza viruses
- to achieve this goal, new methods for estimating mortality
impact in tropical countries need to be developed.
- To develop a world map of influenza
mortality burden and seasonal patterns.
|
MISMS
Progress-to-date
Detailed protocol distributed; data received from 12
countries, 15 pending; >45 published manuscripts
|
