An analysis of WHO FluNet and FluID influenza surveillance data for South East Asia Region, 2015-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza is known to cause seasonal epidemics and recurrent pandemics and demands robust surveillance systems for strain detection and trend monitoring. There are global surveillance systems (FluNet and FluID) to monitor the trends in influenza virus strains and epidemiology. SEAR has been vulnerable to influenza outbreaks and hence, efforts to enhance surveillance have been ongoing. However, there is limited analysis of data trends from influenza surveillance systems from SEAR member states (MS).

Objectives

To describe the virological and epidemiological characteristics of influenza in WHO SEAR and MS therein for the years 2015 till 2023.

Methods

Influenza surveillance data from 2015 to 2023 was extracted for all WHO SEAR MS. This included virological sur

SUBMITTER: Kakkar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12923055 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature