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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Dec;28(13):S26-S33.
doi: 10.3201/eid2813.212248.
Leveraging International Influenza Surveillance Systems and Programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Perrine Marcenac, Margaret McCarron, William Davis, Ledor S Igboh, Joshua A Mott, Kathryn E Lafond, Weigong Zhou, Marjorie Sorrells, Myrna D Charles, Philip Gould, Carmen Sofia Arriola, Vic Veguilla, Erica Guthrie, Vivien G Dugan, Rebecca Kondor, Eric Gogstad, Timothy M Uyeki, Sonja J Olsen, Gideon O Emukule, Siddhartha Saha, Carolyn Greene, Joseph S Bresee, John Barnes, David E Wentworth, Alicia M Fry, Daniel B Jernigan, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
Abstract
A network of global respiratory disease surveillance systems and partnerships has been built over decades as a direct response to the persistent threat of seasonal, zoonotic, and pandemic influenza. These efforts have been spearheaded by the World Health Organization, country ministries of health, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nongovernmental organizations, academic groups, and others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked closely with ministries of health in partner countries and the World Health Organization to leverage influenza surveillance systems and programs to respond to SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Countries used existing surveillance systems for severe acute respiratory infection and influenza-like illness, respiratory virus laboratory resources, pandemic influenza preparedness plans, and ongoing population-based influenza studies to track, study, and respond to SARS-CoV-2 infections. The incorporation of COVID-19 surveillance into existing influenza sentinel surveillance systems can support continued global surveillance for respiratory viruses with pandemic potential.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiologic surveillance; influenza; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccine deployment; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Dec;28(13):S26-S33.
doi: 10.3201/eid2813.212248.
Leveraging International Influenza Surveillance Systems and Programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Perrine Marcenac, Margaret McCarron, William Davis, Ledor S Igboh, Joshua A Mott, Kathryn E Lafond, Weigong Zhou, Marjorie Sorrells, Myrna D Charles, Philip Gould, Carmen Sofia Arriola, Vic Veguilla, Erica Guthrie, Vivien G Dugan, Rebecca Kondor, Eric Gogstad, Timothy M Uyeki, Sonja J Olsen, Gideon O Emukule, Siddhartha Saha, Carolyn Greene, Joseph S Bresee, John Barnes, David E Wentworth, Alicia M Fry, Daniel B Jernigan, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
- PMID: 36502434
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2813.212248
Abstract
A network of global respiratory disease surveillance systems and partnerships has been built over decades as a direct response to the persistent threat of seasonal, zoonotic, and pandemic influenza. These efforts have been spearheaded by the World Health Organization, country ministries of health, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nongovernmental organizations, academic groups, and others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked closely with ministries of health in partner countries and the World Health Organization to leverage influenza surveillance systems and programs to respond to SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Countries used existing surveillance systems for severe acute respiratory infection and influenza-like illness, respiratory virus laboratory resources, pandemic influenza preparedness plans, and ongoing population-based influenza studies to track, study, and respond to SARS-CoV-2 infections. The incorporation of COVID-19 surveillance into existing influenza sentinel surveillance systems can support continued global surveillance for respiratory viruses with pandemic potential.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiologic surveillance; influenza; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccine deployment; vaccine-preventable diseases; viruses; zoonoses.