Serological surveillance of influenza in an English sentinel network: pilot study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapidly undertaken age-stratified serology studies can produce valuable data about a new emerging infection including background population immunity and seroincidence during an influenza pandemic. Traditionally seroepidemiology studies have used surplus laboratory sera with little or no clinical information or have been expensive detailed population based studies. We propose collecting population based sera from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC), a sentinel network with extensive clinical data.

Aim

To pilot a mechanism to undertake population based surveys that collect serological specimens and associated patient data to measure seropositivity and seroincidence due to seasonal influenza, and create a populatio

SUBMITTER: de Lusignan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429844 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature