Mohsen Moghoofei1, Seyed Hamidreza Monavari2, Shayan Mostafaei3,4, Shima Hadifar5,6, Amir Ghasemi7, Farhad Babaei1, Hoda Kavosi4, Ahmad Tavakoli2, Davod Javanmard2, Maryam Esghaei2, Nilofar Khodabandehlou8. 1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 2. Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 4. Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 5. Department of Mycobacteriology & Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. 6. Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. 7. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. 8. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to determine the prevalence rate of influenza virus from different parts of Middle East region, and present an overall relative frequency (RF) for this region. METHODS: The authors performed a systematic literature review from several reliable databases such as PubMed, ISI Web of Science and Scopus during 2000-2016. Furthermore, the keywords of this research were 'Influenza', 'Subtype', 'Seroprevalence', 'Incidence', 'Seroepidemiology', 'H1N1', 'H3N2', 'H5N1', 'H9N2', 'Middle-East' and 'Meta-analysis'. The reported data were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. RESULTS: The authors selected 71 studies out of 1147 for the present review. The overall estimation of the prevalence of influenza virus was 10.2% [95% confidence interval (CI): 10.1%-10.3%]. However, based on our records, the evident heterogeneity of influenza virus was observed among the studies (Cochran Q test, P value <.001 and I-squared = 100%). It should be noted that influenza virus infection's RF varied from 0.5% in Qatar to 70% in Syria. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this review are remarkable, they show that influenza infection RF is variable due to several factors. Thus, further researches should be taken to minimize the emergence and transmission of influenza virus.
OBJECTIVE: This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to determine the prevalence rate of influenza virus from different parts of Middle East region, and present an overall relative frequency (RF) for this region. METHODS: The authors performed a systematic literature review from several reliable databases such as PubMed, ISI Web of Science and Scopus during 2000-2016. Furthermore, the keywords of this research were 'Influenza', 'Subtype', 'Seroprevalence', 'Incidence', 'Seroepidemiology', 'H1N1', 'H3N2', 'H5N1', 'H9N2', 'Middle-East' and 'Meta-analysis'. The reported data were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. RESULTS: The authors selected 71 studies out of 1147 for the present review. The overall estimation of the prevalence of influenza virus was 10.2% [95% confidence interval (CI): 10.1%-10.3%]. However, based on our records, the evident heterogeneity of influenza virus was observed among the studies (Cochran Q test, P value <.001 and I-squared = 100%). It should be noted that influenza virus infection's RF varied from 0.5% in Qatar to 70% in Syria. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this review are remarkable, they show that influenza infection RF is variable due to several factors. Thus, further researches should be taken to minimize the emergence and transmission of influenza virus.
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