All influenza

Description

influenza: An acute viral infection of the respiratory tract, occurring in isolated cases, in epidemics, or in pandemics; it is caused by serologically different strains of viruses (influenzaviruses) designated A, B, and C, has a 3-day incubation period, and usually lasts for 3 to 10 days. It is marked by inflammation of the nasal mucosa, pharynx, and conjunctiva; headache; myalgia; often fever, chills, and prostration; and occasionally involvement of the myocardium or central nervous system.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode J10_INFLUENZA
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: J10/J11/J09, ICD-9: 487, ICD-8: 47[0-4]
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: J09/J11/J10, ICD-9: 487, ICD-8: 47[0-4]
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 8469
GWAS catalog 0007328
MESH D007251
SNOMED CT 61700007

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 2125 917 1208
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.6 1.22 2.1
Mean age at first event (years) 47.21 53.64 42.33
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 2.21 2.94 1.66
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 6.87 6.65 7.04

Associations