Influenza surveillance systems using traditional and alternative sources of data: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While the World Health Organization's recommendation of syndromic sentinel surveillance for influenza is an efficient method to collect high-quality data, limitations exist. Aligned with the Research Recommendation 1.1.2 of the WHO Public Health Research Agenda for Influenza-to identify reliable complementary influenza surveillance systems which provide real-time estimates of influenza activity-we performed a scoping review to map the extent and nature of published literature on the use of non-traditional sources of syndromic surveillance data for influenza.

Methods

We searched three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) for articles in English, French, and Spanish, published between January 1 2007 and January 28 2022. Studies were included if t

SUBMITTER: Hammond A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530542 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature