Evaluation of influenza surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Influenza infrastructure systems are crucial for maintaining surveillance operations, and for mitigating and responding to the disease. The role of surveillance is to isolate and identify as rapidly as possible any new influenza strains and collate this information for the preparedness for, and response to, an impending influenza activity in humans. However, sources of surveillance information, particularly in Africa, are meagre. This systematic review will critically evaluate the existing influenza surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Method and analysis

We will build multiple electronic database search strategies for use in PubMed, Scopus, African Journal Online, Web of Science and Google scholar to identify as many studies as possible. The medical subj

SUBMITTER: Sambala EZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352753 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature