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BMC Public Health. 2019 Aug 13;19(1):1089. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7414-9.
[h=1]Assessment of two complementary influenza surveillance systems: sentinel primary care influenza-like illness versus severe hospitalized laboratory-confirmed influenza using the moving epidemic method.[/h] Torner N[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Basile L[SUP]4[/SUP], Mart?nez A[SUP]4,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Rius C[SUP]5,[/SUP][SUP]6[/SUP], Godoy P[SUP]4,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Jan? M[SUP]4,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Dom?nguez ?[SUP]5,[/SUP][SUP]7[/SUP]; Working Group on PIDIRAC Sentinel Surveillance of Catalonia.
[h=3]Collaborators (111)[/h]
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Department of Health, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvany Building, Roc Boronat 81-95, 08005, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat. 2 CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP) Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat. 3 Medicine Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat. 4 Department of Health, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvany Building, Roc Boronat 81-95, 08005, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 5 CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP) Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. 6 Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 7 Medicine Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Monitoring seasonal influenza epidemics is the corner stone to epidemiological surveillance of acute respiratory virus infections worldwide. This work aims to compare two sentinel surveillance systems within the Daily Acute Respiratory Infection Information System of Catalonia (PIDIRAC), the primary care ILI and Influenza confirmed samples from primary care (PIDIRAC-ILI and PIDIRAC-FLU) and the severe hospitalized laboratory confirmed influenza system (SHLCI), in regard to how they behave in the forecasting of epidemic onset and severity allowing for healthcare preparedness.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Epidemiological study carried out during seven influenza seasons (2010-2017) in Catalonia, with data from influenza sentinel surveillance of primary care physicians reporting ILI along with laboratory confirmation of influenza from systematic sampling of ILI cases and 12 hospitals that provided data on severe hospitalized cases with laboratory-confirmed influenza (SHLCI-FLU). Epidemic thresholds for ILI and SHLCI-FLU (overall) as well as influenza A (SHLCI-FLUA) and influenza B (SHLCI-FLUB) incidence rates were assessed by the Moving Epidemics Method.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Epidemic thresholds for primary care sentinel surveillance influenza-like illness (PIDIRAC-ILI) incidence rates ranged from 83.65 to 503.92 per 100.000 h. Paired incidence rate curves for SHLCI -FLU / PIDIRAC-ILI and SHLCI-FLUA/ PIDIRAC-FLUA showed best correlation index' (0.805 and 0.724 respectively). Assessing delay in reaching epidemic level, PIDIRAC-ILI source forecasts an average of 1.6 weeks before the rest of sources paired. Differences are higher when SHLCI cases are paired to PIDIRAC-ILI and PIDIRAC-FLUB although statistical significance was observed only for SHLCI-FLU/PIDIRAC-ILI (p-value Wilcoxon test = 0.039).
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] The combined ILI and confirmed influenza from primary care along with the severe hospitalized laboratory confirmed influenza data from PIDIRAC sentinel surveillance system provides timely and accurate syndromic and virological surveillance of influenza from the community level to hospitalization of severe cases.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Epidemic; Hospitalization; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Primary health care; Sentinel surveillance; Threshold
PMID: 31409397 PMCID: PMC6691547 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7414-9
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[h=1]Assessment of two complementary influenza surveillance systems: sentinel primary care influenza-like illness versus severe hospitalized laboratory-confirmed influenza using the moving epidemic method.[/h] Torner N[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Basile L[SUP]4[/SUP], Mart?nez A[SUP]4,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Rius C[SUP]5,[/SUP][SUP]6[/SUP], Godoy P[SUP]4,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Jan? M[SUP]4,[/SUP][SUP]5[/SUP], Dom?nguez ?[SUP]5,[/SUP][SUP]7[/SUP]; Working Group on PIDIRAC Sentinel Surveillance of Catalonia.
[h=3]Collaborators (111)[/h]
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Department of Health, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvany Building, Roc Boronat 81-95, 08005, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat. 2 CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP) Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat. 3 Medicine Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. nuria.torner@gencat.cat. 4 Department of Health, Public Health Agency of Catalonia, Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvany Building, Roc Boronat 81-95, 08005, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 5 CIBER Epidemiolog?a y Salud P?blica (CIBERESP) Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. 6 Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 7 Medicine Department, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Monitoring seasonal influenza epidemics is the corner stone to epidemiological surveillance of acute respiratory virus infections worldwide. This work aims to compare two sentinel surveillance systems within the Daily Acute Respiratory Infection Information System of Catalonia (PIDIRAC), the primary care ILI and Influenza confirmed samples from primary care (PIDIRAC-ILI and PIDIRAC-FLU) and the severe hospitalized laboratory confirmed influenza system (SHLCI), in regard to how they behave in the forecasting of epidemic onset and severity allowing for healthcare preparedness.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Epidemiological study carried out during seven influenza seasons (2010-2017) in Catalonia, with data from influenza sentinel surveillance of primary care physicians reporting ILI along with laboratory confirmation of influenza from systematic sampling of ILI cases and 12 hospitals that provided data on severe hospitalized cases with laboratory-confirmed influenza (SHLCI-FLU). Epidemic thresholds for ILI and SHLCI-FLU (overall) as well as influenza A (SHLCI-FLUA) and influenza B (SHLCI-FLUB) incidence rates were assessed by the Moving Epidemics Method.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Epidemic thresholds for primary care sentinel surveillance influenza-like illness (PIDIRAC-ILI) incidence rates ranged from 83.65 to 503.92 per 100.000 h. Paired incidence rate curves for SHLCI -FLU / PIDIRAC-ILI and SHLCI-FLUA/ PIDIRAC-FLUA showed best correlation index' (0.805 and 0.724 respectively). Assessing delay in reaching epidemic level, PIDIRAC-ILI source forecasts an average of 1.6 weeks before the rest of sources paired. Differences are higher when SHLCI cases are paired to PIDIRAC-ILI and PIDIRAC-FLUB although statistical significance was observed only for SHLCI-FLU/PIDIRAC-ILI (p-value Wilcoxon test = 0.039).
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] The combined ILI and confirmed influenza from primary care along with the severe hospitalized laboratory confirmed influenza data from PIDIRAC sentinel surveillance system provides timely and accurate syndromic and virological surveillance of influenza from the community level to hospitalization of severe cases.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Epidemic; Hospitalization; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Primary health care; Sentinel surveillance; Threshold
PMID: 31409397 PMCID: PMC6691547 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7414-9
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