Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide1
| Autor: | Anthony W. Mounts, Margaret McCarron, Justin R. Ortiz, Viviana Sotomayor, Osvaldo Uez, Deborah Bettels, Joseph S. Bresee, Otavio Oliva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Microbiology (medical)
H5N1 subtype Epidemiology sentinel surveillance Public Policy macromolecular substances Global Health World Health Organization medicine.disease_cause Communicable Diseases Emerging Virus Disease Outbreaks Influenza A Virus H1N1 Subtype Environmental health Influenza Human Pandemic Global health medicine Influenza A virus Humans viruses Developing Countries business.industry musculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology virus diseases Outbreak human influenza influenza A virus Virology Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Policy Review Infectious Diseases nervous system Population Surveillance Human mortality from H5N1 Early warning system avian influenza influenza business |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | Sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infection and influenza-like illness is effective in resource-limited settings. The emergence of a novel strain of influenza virus A (H1N1) in April 2009 focused attention on influenza surveillance capabilities worldwide. In consultations before the 2009 outbreak of influenza subtype H1N1, the World Health Organization had concluded that the world was unprepared to respond to an influenza pandemic, due in part to inadequate global surveillance and response capacity. We describe a sentinel surveillance system that could enhance the quality of influenza epidemiologic and laboratory data and strengthen a country’s capacity for seasonal, novel, and pandemic influenza detection and prevention. Such a system would 1) provide data for a better understanding of the epidemiology and extent of seasonal influenza, 2) provide a platform for the study of other acute febrile respiratory illnesses, 3) provide virus isolates for the development of vaccines, 4) inform local pandemic planning and vaccine policy, 5) monitor influenza epidemics and pandemics, and 6) provide infrastructure for an early warning system for outbreaks of new virus subtypes. |
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