Revision of clinical case definitions: influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infection.

Autor:	Fitzner J; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Qasmieh S; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Mounts AW; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Alexander B; National Centre for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia., Besselaar T; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Briand S; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Brown C; Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark., Clark S; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Dueger E; Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization, Manila, Philippines., Gross D; Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark., Hauge S; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway., Hirve S; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Jorgensen P; Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark., Katz MA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America (USA)., Mafi A; Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt., Malik M; Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt., McCarron M; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America (USA)., Meerhoff T; Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Mori Y; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Mott J; United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya Office, Nairobi, Kenya., Olivera MTDC; Municipal Health Secretariat, Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Ortiz JR; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Palekar R; Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Washington, USA., Rebelo-de-Andrade H; Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Lisbon, Portugal., Soetens L; Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands., Yahaya AA; Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo., Zhang W; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland., Vandemaele K; Infectious Hazard Management, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization [Bull World Health Organ] 2018 Feb 01; Vol. 96 (2), pp. 122-128. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 27.
DOI:	10.2471/BLT.17.194514
Abstrakt:	The formulation of accurate clinical case definitions is an integral part of an effective process of public health surveillance. Although such definitions should, ideally, be based on a standardized and fixed collection of defining criteria, they often require revision to reflect new knowledge of the condition involved and improvements in diagnostic testing. Optimal case definitions also need to have a balance of sensitivity and specificity that reflects their intended use. After the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a technical consultation on global influenza surveillance. This prompted improvements in the sensitivity and specificity of the case definition for influenza - i.e. a respiratory disease that lacks uniquely defining symptomology. The revision process not only modified the definition of influenza-like illness, to include a simplified list of the criteria shown to be most predictive of influenza infection, but also clarified the language used for the definition, to enhance interpretability. To capture severe cases of influenza that required hospitalization, a new case definition was also developed for severe acute respiratory infection in all age groups. The new definitions have been found to capture more cases without compromising specificity. Despite the challenge still posed in the clinical separation of influenza from other respiratory infections, the global use of the new WHO case definitions should help determine global trends in the characteristics and transmission of influenza viruses and the associated disease burden.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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