Approaches to use the WHO respiratory syncytial virus surveillance platform to estimate disease burden. Issue 6 (8th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pebody, Richard; Moyes, Jocelyn; Hirve, Siddhivinayak; Campbell, Harry; Jackson, Sandra; Moen, Ann; Nair, Harish; Simões, Eric A. F.; Smith, Peter G.; Wairagkar, Niteen; Zhang, Wenqing
• Is Part Of: Influenza and other respiratory viruses. Volume 14:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 615
• Page End: 621
• Publication Date: 2019-10-08
• Subjects: burden -- respiratory syncytial virus -- surveillance; Influenza -- Periodicals; Respiratory infections -- Periodicals; Virus diseases -- Periodicals; Influenza, Human -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Virus Diseases -- Periodicals; Grippe -- Périodiques; Appareil respiratoire -- Infections -- Périodiques; Maladies à virus -- Périodiques; 616.203
• DOI: 10.1111/irv.12667
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-2640

Abstract

Abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently completed the first phase of a RSV surveillance pilot study in fourteen countries (two to three in each WHO region) building on the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). This active surveillance strategy had several objectives including understanding RSV‐related health burden in a variety of settings. A range of approaches can be used to estimate disease burden; most approaches could not be applied by participating countries in the WHO surveillance pilot. This article provides the recommendations made by WHO for strengthening and expanding the scope of the RSV surveillance in the next phase to enable burden estimation.