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Trop Med Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 23;4(4). pii: E121. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4040121.
[h=1]Future Pandemic Influenza Virus Detection Relies on the Existing Influenza Surveillance Systems: A Perspective from Australia and New Zealand.[/h] Jennings LC[SUP]1[/SUP], Barr IG[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Pathology and Biomedical Sciences Department, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand. lance.jennings@cdhb.health.nz. 2 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, VIDRL, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Ian.Barr@influenzacentre.org. 3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Ian.Barr@influenzacentre.org.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] The anniversary of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic has allowed a refocusing on the global burden of influenza and the importance of co-ordinated international surveillance for both seasonal influenza and the identification of control strategies for future pandemics. Since the introduction of the International Health Regulations (IHR), progress had been slow, until the emergence of the novel influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus and its global spread, which has led to the World Health Organization (WHO) developing a series of guidance documents on global influenza surveillance procedures, severity and risk assessments, and essential measurements for the determination of national pandemic responses. However, the greatest burden of disease from influenza occurs between pandemics during seasonal influenza outbreaks and epidemics. Both Australia and New Zealand utilise seasonal influenza surveillance to support national influenza awareness programs focused on seasonal influenza vaccination education and promotion. These programs also serve to promote the importance of pandemic preparedness.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] influenza; pandemic; preparedness; seasonal; surveillance
PMID: 31547606 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed4040121
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[h=1]Future Pandemic Influenza Virus Detection Relies on the Existing Influenza Surveillance Systems: A Perspective from Australia and New Zealand.[/h] Jennings LC[SUP]1[/SUP], Barr IG[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Pathology and Biomedical Sciences Department, University of Otago, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand. lance.jennings@cdhb.health.nz. 2 WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, VIDRL, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Ian.Barr@influenzacentre.org. 3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. Ian.Barr@influenzacentre.org.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] The anniversary of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic has allowed a refocusing on the global burden of influenza and the importance of co-ordinated international surveillance for both seasonal influenza and the identification of control strategies for future pandemics. Since the introduction of the International Health Regulations (IHR), progress had been slow, until the emergence of the novel influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus and its global spread, which has led to the World Health Organization (WHO) developing a series of guidance documents on global influenza surveillance procedures, severity and risk assessments, and essential measurements for the determination of national pandemic responses. However, the greatest burden of disease from influenza occurs between pandemics during seasonal influenza outbreaks and epidemics. Both Australia and New Zealand utilise seasonal influenza surveillance to support national influenza awareness programs focused on seasonal influenza vaccination education and promotion. These programs also serve to promote the importance of pandemic preparedness.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] influenza; pandemic; preparedness; seasonal; surveillance
PMID: 31547606 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed4040121
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