Protocol for establishing a model for integrated influenza surveillance in Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT: The potential for influenza viruses to cause public health emergencies is great. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2005 concluded that the world was unprepared to respond to an influenza pandemic. Available surveillance guidelines for pandemic influenza lack the specificity that would enable many countries to establish operational surveillance plans. A well-designed epidemiological and virological surveillance is required to strengthen a country’s capacity for seasonal, novel, and pandemic influenza detection and prevention. Here, we describe the protocol to establish a novel mechanism for influenza and SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the four identified districts of Tamil Nadu, India. This project will be carried out as an implementation research. Each district will identify one medical c

SUBMITTER: Abdulkader R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469860 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature