Virus realtime rtpcr diagnostic panel instructions for use package insert. Texas influenza surveillance handbook texas dshs texas. Evaluation of the influenza sentinel surveillance system. Laboratorybased surveillance and molecular epidemiology of.
To collect information, identify training needs, and assist with influenza capacity building voluntary laboratory capacity assessments were conducted using a standardized tool in cdc cooperative agreement countries. Influenza disease surveillance for both sari and ili is generally based upon a limited number. This is the first report of human infection with a wild avian influenza a h6n1 virus. Hhd influenza surveillance report 04172016, week 16 page 6 laboratory based respiratory viruses surveillance. The laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza 27 2. United states air force school of aerospace medicine usafsam dha wrightpatterson air force base, oh 20152016 influenza season dod global, laboratorybased, influenza surveillance program. Pdf the challenge of laboratorybased influenza surveillance in. Laboratorybased influenza surveillance in new caledonia. Mexico border was sampled in a collaborative surveillance study with the centers for disease control and preventions cdc border infectious disease surveillance project. Hemagglutinationinhibition, in virology methods manual. Who has developed this manual in order to strengthen the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza infection by providing standard methods for the collection, detection, isolation and characterization of viruses. Even with annual use of influenza vaccine, laboratorybased surveillance is critical.
The centers for disease control and preventions cdc who collaborating. Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological. The national influenza surveillance reference center rfp evaluation team has been selected and approved, as indicated in the rfp, by aphls senior director of public health systems. These laboratories report all virus diagnoses made, largely from hospital in patients and outpatients, to esr. Guide the development of policies and guidelines for influenza. From october 2000 to march 2004, 3,244 influenza viruses were isolated, including 1,969 influenza a and 1,275 influenza b viruses. Influenza surveillance weekly report cdc mmwr week 16. Jun 19, 2019 infectious disease surveillance systems can be classified into general or sentinel, clinical or laboratory based, or passive or active surveillance systems. Haemophilus influenzae hi invasive disease is caused by the bacterium haemophilus influenzae. However, complete and accurate reporting of cases is dependent on ma. Pahocdc generic protocol influenza surveillance pahowho. Influenza virologic surveillance right size roadmap aphl. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a nonfederal website.
International influenza surveillance assessment tool centers for. Houston ili baselines were determined using the same method as the centers for disease control and prevention regional ili baselines. Our report highlights the continuous need for preparedness for a. Global influenza surveillance manual world health organization. To evaluate the influenza surveillance system, we followed the relevant guidelines of the united states centers for disease control and prevention 10, 11 and considered eight key attributes. Purpose the florida morbidity statistics report is compiled in a single reference document to. Role of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease. Laboratorybased respiratory virus surveillance pilot project.
The hai assay was used to assess functional antibodies to the ha that were able to inhibit agglutination of horse erythrocytes hrbcs. In the united states, winter influenza epidemics result in an annual average of. Laboratorybased surveillance is when laboratory data are used to assess trends. Chapters in cdc s manual for surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases. Summertime influenza outbreaks of limited size have occurred sporadically in the united. Country implementation of the pphsn laboratorybased influenza surveillance project, coordinated by spc and ipnc and funded by the centers for disease control and prevention cdc, commenced in june 2006. To contribute to the improvement of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at the country level, the who regional office for africa has developed this guide to facilitate establishing of laboratory based surveillance for priority bacterial diseases in the who african region.
Measuring laboratorybased influenza surveillance capacity. Laboratorybased respiratory virus surveillance pilot. The pcr based detection of influenza virus types a subtypes h1, h3 and h5 and b is. Dod laboratorybased global influenza surveillance system. Dod global, laboratorybased, influenza surveillance program. Some documents are presented in portable document format. An np swab or combined nasal swab with oropharyngeal swab was collected from all patients with ili on one central or two provincial days a week from each site. Effectiveness and costbenefit of influenza vaccination of. Implementing labbased influenza surveillance pphsn. Who evaluation of the influenza sentinel surveillance. Laboratorybased influenza surveillance on cruise ships may. Influenza update veterinaryfood safety navy dolphins train in key west to find mines raw milk products cause 840 times more illness than pasteurized milk tea made from deer antlers may cause botulism. Protocol for the evaluation of epidemiological surveillance system. Nhrc determined infection from an influenza auntyped virus.
To provide a guide to cdc epidemiologists and project officers, as well as to ministry of health or. May 01, 2003 in the united states, winter influenza epidemics result in an annual average of. These laboratories report all virus diagnoses made, largely from hospital inpatients and outpatients, to esr. For each attribute, specific quantitative andor qualitative indicators were developed and scored table 1. The manual for the surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases provides current guidelines for those directly involved in surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases vpd, especially personnel at the local health departments. The surveillance manual skip directly to site content skip directly to page options skip directly to az link centers for disease control and prevention. Jun 15, 2017 to collect information, identify training needs, and assist with influenza capacity building voluntary laboratory capacity assessments were conducted using a standardized tool in cdc cooperative agreement countries. Participation in the who eqap aims to monitor the quality of the global influenza surveillance and response system and other national influenza reference laboratories that perform pcr diagnosis, and to identify gaps of pcr testing in these laboratories. For the influenza virus surveillance periods from the 19761977 through 19981999 seasons, we obtained numbers of influenza virus isolates reported weekly by 50 to 75 world health organization collaborating virology laboratories in the united states to the influenza branch of the centers for disease control and prevention cdc. Objective to evaluate the effectiveness and costbenefit of influenza vaccine in.
The pcrbased detection of influenza virus types a subtypes h1, h3 and h5 and b is. To understand the usefulness of comparing results from repeat assessments and to determine if targeted training supported improvements, this paper details comparison of assessment. We used the centers for disease control and prevention guidelines to evaluate the performance of the influenza sentinel surveillance system isss in drc during 20122015. Manual for the surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases cdc.
Context although the costeffectiveness and costbenefit of influenza vaccination are well established for persons aged 65 years or older, the benefits for healthy adults younger than 65 years are less clear. From may to september 202015, the alaska division of public health, the centers for disease control and prevention cdc, and two cruise lines implemented a laboratorybased public health surveillance project to detect influenza and other respiratory viruses among ill crew members and passengers on select cruise ships in alaska. Influenzalike illness ili is defined as fever temperature. A laboratorybased surveillance network of 11 clinical virological laboratories for influenza viruses was established in taiwan under the coordination of the center for disease control and prevention cdc, taiwan. Context although the costeffectiveness and costbenefit of influenza vaccination are well established for persons aged 65 years or older, the benefits for healthy adults younger than 65 years are less clear objective to evaluate the effectiveness and costbenefit of influenza vaccine in preventing influenzalike illness ili and reducing societal costs of ili among healthy working adults.
Informaction 24 implementing labbased influenza surveillance. The ability to provide such information is a prerequisite to detecting new or reemerging threats. Surveillance activities are critical to detecting vaccinepreventable diseases and gaining information to help control or address a problem. We used the centers for disease control and prevention guidelines to evaluate the performance of the.
Dod global, laboratorybased, influenza surveillance program who. In routine disease control programs, traditional, passive disease surveillance systems are usually adequate to meet program demands despite their limitations. Hemagglutinationinhibition test for avian influenza virus. Laboratorybased influenza surveillance programs influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates and surveillance trends, 2016 2017 influenza season. This improves the efficiency of situational assessments. This network has played a critical role in developing our current understanding of global influenza virus circulation. Influenza circulated in new caledonia every year, regularly during the southern hemisphere winter and occasionally during marchmay. Over the next many months, several drafts were produced based on the input from the. Saripneumonia hospitalbased sentinel site surveillance.
In countries operating influenza surveillance systems, the most common form is active sentinel surveillance, which involves the use of both clinical and laboratory data 5,6,7,8. Technical assistance consultants report this consultants report does not necessarily reflect the views of adb or the government concerned, and adb and the government cannot be held liable for its contents. Influenza diagnostics in lmics are mainly laboratory based molecular assays and virus isolation techniques implemented by the national influenza centres nics as part of the who global influenza surveillance and response system gisrs. Right size influenza virologic surveillance roadmap i. In 2008, a sentinel laboratorybased influenza surveillance system was established in. Some data from 2008 have previously been presented in an early report on the laboratory. Laboratorybased respiratory virus surveillance pilot project on. Risk factors for severe outcomes following 2009 influenza a h1n1 infection. Background information on influenza virology and epidemiology from lao pdr is limited and the seasonal patterns of influenza have not been previously described objectives to describe epidemiological and virologic characteristics of influenza in lao pdr to recommend public health interventions, including improvements in surveillance and response. The department of defense laboratorybased global influenza. Epidemiological and virological characteristics of seasonal. Global influenza surveillance network gisn, has been performing influenza virological surveillance since 1952.
Most of the infectious disease surveillance networks have based their strategies on the management of results generated by microbiology laboratories 21 x 21 panackal, aa, mikanatha, nm, tsui, fc et al. Zika virus disease and zika virus infection, 2016 case definition, approved june 2016. Surveillance of influenza virus infection at the european level requires close collaboration between virologists, epidemiologists and sentinel gp networks to generate the data necessary to inform a timely public health response. Establishing the international reagent resource irr. An early awareness and appropriate response to pandemic influenza could save many lives and potentially stop or slow the spread of influenza a disease. Mortality associated with influenza and respiratory. As a result of these antigenic changes, antibodies produced to influenza viruses as a result. Influenza a viruses are further divided into subtypes based on. The national influenza surveillance system of korea. Active laboratory based surveillance, in which a group of laboratories is recruited by the health department to regularly report specified laboratory results, is useful for the surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases for which diagnosis andor case confirmation requires laboratory testing e. Pahocdc generic protocol for influenza surveillance draft. The challenge of laboratorybased influenza surveillance in. Guide for establishing laboratorybased surveillance for.
Surveillance manual enhancing surv vaccine preventable. The baseline is developed by calculating the mean percentage ili of. Esrs virology laboratory carries out yearround laboratory based surveillance of influenza and other viruses, together with four regional laboratories. Laboratorybased surveillance can provide data on the location and frequency of isolation of specific pathogens, which can be used to rapidly detect unusual. Automatic electronic laboratorybased reporting of notifiable infectious diseases at a large health system. Gisrs global influenza surveillance and response system, cdccentre for disease. Cdc and the association of public health laboratories aphl in. Antibody breadth and protective efficacy are increased by. Federal register influenza diagnostic testing and reporting. Influenza surveillance weekly report cdc mmwr week 17. Summarize annual morbidity from reportable communicable diseases and diseases of. Who manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological.
Surveillance manual hib vaccine preventable diseases cdc. This article summarizes ongoing human influenza surveillance activities worldwide. A laboratory based surveillance network of 11 clinical virological laboratories for influenza viruses was established in taiwan under the coordination of the center for disease control and. Role of the wisconsin state laboratory of hygiene influenza poses a significant threat to public health worldwide.
To contribute to the improvement of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at the country level, the who regional office for africa has developed this guide to facilitate establishing of laboratorybased surveillance for priority bacterial diseases in the who african region. Using laboratorybased surveillance data for prevention. Influenza infections presented two annual seasonal peaks during winter and summer. All the views expressed herein may not be incorporated into the proposed projects. Surveillance manual home vaccine preventable diseases. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc located within the department of health and human services hhs is seeking to assess new technologies that improve rapid influenza diagnostic testing and supplement national laboratorybased surveillance for human influenza infections. Develop and implement a comprehensive surveillance plan for pandemic influenza that incorporates two components. The florida morbidity statistics report is the official record of the occurrence of reportable diseases in.
Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of. Infectious disease surveillance systems can be classified into general or sentinel, clinical or laboratorybased, or passive or active surveillance systems. Viral pathogens among elderly people with acute respiratory. Centers for disease control and prevention 1982 concepts and procedures for laboratory based influenza surveillance.
Evaluation of the influenza sentinel surveillance system in. Influenza manual for the surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases chapter 6 skip directly to site content skip directly to page options skip directly to az link. Effective surveillance systems provide baseline information on incidence trends and geographic distribution of known infectious agents. National healthcare safety network nhsn overview the nhsn is a secure, internetbased surveillance system that integrates former cdc surveillance systems, including the national nosocomial infections surveillance system nnis, national surveillance system for healthcare workers nash, and the dialysis surveillance network dsn. These viruses continue to evolve and accumulate changes, increasing the potential risk of humantohuman transmission. Cruise ship ili reporting to cdc is aggregate and does not include a. Request pdf laboratorybased surveillance for influenza. Large summertime influenza a outbreak among tourists in. A who working group on global influenza surveillance standards was. The articles do not necessarily represent us army medical department opinions, views, policy, or guidance, and. Sentinel surveillance respiratory infection surveillance based in select surveillance.
The protocol was adapted from the cdc laboratorybased influenza surveillance manual. Manual for the surveillance of vaccinepreventable diseases. Internetbased capabilities would allow who national centers to examine their. To understand the usefulness of comparing results from repeat assessments and to determine if targeted training supported improvements, this paper details comparison of. Epidemiological and virological characteristics of.
A collection, storage and transport of specimens 29 2. Evaluation of labbased influenza surveillance system in pakistan. Military global influenza surveillance began in 1976 as an air. A manual for estimating disease burden associated with seasonal influenza. Laboratorybased surveillance and molecular epidemiology. A laboratorybased surveillance network of 11 clinical virological laboratories for influenza viruses was established in taiwan under the coordination of the center for disease control and. A unique clade of h6n1 viruses with a g228s substitution of haemagglutinin have circulated persistently in poultry in taiwan. Even with annual use of influenza vaccine, laboratory based surveillance is critical. B processing of clinical specimens for virus isolation 33. Influenza flu and other respiratory virus surveillance esr. Esrs virology laboratory carries out yearround laboratorybased surveillance of influenza and other viruses, together with four regional laboratories. The centers for disease control and preventions cdc s national healthcare safety network nhsn is supporting the nations covid19 response by introducing a new covid19 patient impact and hospital capacity module within nhsns patient safety component.
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