Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide
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 a...
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author | Justin R. Ortiz Viviana Sotomayor Osvaldo C. Uez Otavio Oliva Deborah Bettels Margaret McCarron Joseph S. Bresee Anthony W. Mounts |
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description | 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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spelling | doaj.art-eee7e38926f3424e963b51d6084d74e52022-12-21T18:16:25ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592009-08-011581271127810.3201/eid1508.081422Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance WorldwideJustin R. OrtizViviana SotomayorOsvaldo C. UezOtavio OlivaDeborah BettelsMargaret McCarronJoseph S. BreseeAnthony W. MountsThe 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/8/08-1422_articleinfluenzahuman influenza influenza A virusavian influenzaH5N1 subtypesentinel surveillanceepidemiology |
spellingShingle | Justin R. Ortiz Viviana Sotomayor Osvaldo C. Uez Otavio Oliva Deborah Bettels Margaret McCarron Joseph S. Bresee Anthony W. Mounts Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide Emerging Infectious Diseases influenza human influenza influenza A virus avian influenza H5N1 subtype sentinel surveillance epidemiology |
title | Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide |
title_full | Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide |
title_fullStr | Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide |
title_full_unstemmed | Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide |
title_short | Strategy to Enhance Influenza Surveillance Worldwide |
title_sort | strategy to enhance influenza surveillance worldwide |
topic | influenza human influenza influenza A virus avian influenza H5N1 subtype sentinel surveillance epidemiology |
url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/8/08-1422_article |
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