作者
Arielle Childs, Andrew R Zullo, Nina R Joyce, Kevin W McConeghy, Robertus van Aalst, Patience Moyo, Elliott Bosco, Vincent Mor, Stefan Gravenstein
发表日期
2019/12
来源
BMC geriatrics
卷号
19
页码范围
1-10
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Respiratory infections among older adults in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are a major global concern, yet a rigorous systematic synthesis of the literature on the burden of respiratory infections in the LTCF setting is lacking. To address the critical need for evidence regarding the global burden of respiratory infections in LTCFs, we assessed the burden of respiratory infections in LTCFs through a systematic review of the published literature.
Methods
We identified articles published between April 1964 and March 2019 through searches of PubMed (MEDLINE), EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. Experimental and observational studies published in English that included adults aged ≥60 residing in LTCFs who were unvaccinated (to identify the natural infection burden), and that reported measures of occurrence for influenza, respiratory …
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