Use of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance Data to Optimize the Timing of Immunoprophylaxis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. e116-e123 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Panozzo ◽  
L. J. Stockman ◽  
A. T. Curns ◽  
L. J. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Virus Surveillance ◽  
Syncytial Virus

scholarly journals Use of the moving epidemic method (MEM) to assess national surveillance data for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the Netherlands, 2005 to 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M Vos ◽  
Anne C Teirlinck ◽  
José E Lozano ◽  
Tomás Vega ◽  
Gé A Donker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Laboratory Surveillance ◽  
Syncytial Virus

Background To control respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes acute respiratory infections, data and methods to assess its epidemiology are important. Aim We sought to describe RSV seasonality, affected age groups and RSV-type distribution over 12 consecutive seasons in the Netherlands, as well as to validate the moving epidemic method (MEM) for monitoring RSV epidemics. Methods We used 2005−17 laboratory surveillance data and sentinel data. For RSV seasonality evaluation, epidemic thresholds (i) at 1.2% of the cumulative number of RSV-positive patients per season and (ii) at 20 detections per week (for laboratory data) were employed. We also assessed MEM thresholds. Results In laboratory data RSV was reported 25,491 times (no denominator). In sentinel data 5.6% (767/13,577) of specimens tested RSV positive. Over 12 seasons, sentinel data showed percentage increases of RSV positive samples. The average epidemic length was 18.0 weeks (95% confidence intervals (CI):  16.3–19.7) and 16.5 weeks (95% CI: 14.0–18.0) for laboratory and sentinel data, respectively. Epidemics started on average in week 46 (95% CI: 45–48) and 47 (95% CI:  46–49), respectively. The peak was on average in the first week of January in both datasets. MEM showed similar results to the other methods. RSV incidence was highest in youngest (0–1 and >1–2 years) and oldest (>65–75 and > 75 years) age groups, with age distribution remaining stable over time. RSV-type dominance alternated every one or two seasons. Conclusions Our findings provide baseline information for immunisation advisory groups. The possibility of employing MEM to monitor RSV epidemics allows prospective, nearly real-time use of surveillance data.

scholarly journals Estimation of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizations using sentinel surveillance data—La Paz, Bolivia. 2012–2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dabeyva Chavez ◽  
Vicente Gonzales‐Armayo ◽  
Elvis Mendoza ◽  
Rakhee Palekar ◽  
Rosario Rivera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Sentinel Surveillance ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Syncytial Virus

scholarly journals Approaches to use the WHO respiratory syncytial virus surveillance platform to estimate disease burden

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 615-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Pebody ◽  
Jocelyn Moyes ◽  
Siddhivinayak Hirve ◽  
Harry Campbell ◽  
Sandra Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Virus Surveillance ◽  
Syncytial Virus

A Novel Active Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance System in the United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1095-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marnie L. Boron ◽  
Laurel Edelman ◽  
Jessie R. Groothuis ◽  
Frank J. Malinoski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Virus Surveillance ◽  
Syncytial Virus

Google Flu Trends in Canada: a comparison of digital disease surveillance data with physician consultations and respiratory virus surveillance data, 2010–2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. MARTIN ◽  
B. E. LEE ◽  
Y. YASUI
Keyword(s):  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
The United States ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Physician Visits ◽  
Virus Surveillance ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Traditional Surveillance

SUMMARYThe value of Google Flu Trends (GFT) remains unclear after it overestimated the proportion of physician visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) in the United States in 2012–2013. However, GFT estimates (%GFT) have not been examined nationally in Canada nor compared with positivity for respiratory viruses other than influenza. For 2010–2014, we compared %GFT for Canada to Public Health Agency of Canada ILI consultation rates (%PHAC) and to positivity for influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (hMPV), and rhinoviruses. %GFT correlated well with %PHAC (ρ= 0·77–0·90) and influenza A positivity (ρ= 0·64–0·96) and overestimated the 2012–2013 %PHAC peak by 0·99 percentage points. %GFT peaks corresponded temporally with peaks in positivity for influenza A and rhinoviruses (all seasons) and RSV and hMPV when their peaks preceded influenza peaks. In Canada, %GFT represented traditional surveillance data and corresponded temporally with patterns in circulating respiratory viruses.

scholarly journals Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. e153-e156
Author(s):  
Assaad Al-Assam ◽  
Joanne M Langley ◽  
Shelly Sarwal
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Case Report Form ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Virus Surveillance ◽  
Laboratory Confirmation ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Control Education

OBJECTIVE: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in young children and is increasingly recognized as a cause of influenza-like illness in those older than 65 years of age. A surveillance system to provide timely local information about RSV activity in Nova Scotia (NS) is described.METHODS: A case report form was developed for weekly reporting of all laboratory isolates of RSV at diagnostic laboratories around the province. Laboratories were asked to send the forms by fax each Friday to the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection. Data were entered in Excel (Microsoft, USA) and aggregate results summarized by age, sex, health district and date of laboratory confirmation for 2005 to 2008.RESULTS: During three winter seasons (2005–2006, 2006–2007 and 2007–2008), there were 207, 350 and 186 isolates of RSV reported in NS, respectively. The average incidences of RSV in NS varied greatly by age, with the highest rates in infants younger than 24 months of age, and approaching 4000 cases per 100,000 population in infants up to five months of age. The duration of the RSV outbreak was approximately five to six months each year, but the month of onset varied.CONCLUSIONS: A RSV surveillance system was successfully established in NS that provides weekly data to the public health system, clinicians and infection control practitioners. The time of onset and severity of the RSV season varied over time. These data can be used to plan anti-RSV passive prophylaxis programs and infection control education, and distinguish RSV outbreaks from other viruses in acute care and long-term care settings.

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