Expanding severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance beyond influenza: The process and data from 1 year of implementation in Vietnam

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• Alternative Title:
  Influenza Other Respir Viruses
• Personal Author:
  Alroy, Karen A. ; Do, Trang Thuy ; Tran, Phu Dac ; Dang, Tan Quang ; Vu, Long Ngoc ; Le, Nga Thi Hang ; Dang, Anh Duc ; Ngu, Nghia Duy ; Ngo, Tu Huy ; Hoang, Phuong Vu Mai ; Phan, Lan Trong ; Nguyen, Thuong Vu ; Nguyen, Long Thanh ; Nguyen, Thinh Viet ; Vien, Mai Quang ; Le, Huy Xuan ; Dao, Anh The ; Nguyen, Trieu Bao ; Pham, Duoc Tho ; Nguyen, Van Thi Tuyet ; Pham, Thanh Ngoc ; Phan, Binh Hai ; Whitaker, Brett ; Do, Thuy Thi Thu ; Dao, Phuong Anh ; Balajee, S. Arunmozhi ; Mounts, Anthony W.
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• Description:
  Background ; In 2016, as a component of the Global Health Security Agenda, the Vietnam Ministry of Health expanded its existing influenza sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) to include testing for 7 additional viral respiratory pathogens. This article describes the steps taken to implement expanded SARI surveillance in Vietnam and reports data from 1 year of expanded surveillance. ; Methods ; The process of expanding the suite of pathogens for routine testing by real‐time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (rRT‐PCR) included laboratory trainings, procurement/distribution of reagents, and strengthening and aligning SARI surveillance epidemiology practices at sentinel sites and regional institutes (RI). ; Results ; Surveillance data showed that of 4003 specimens tested by the RI laboratories, 20.2% (n = 810) were positive for influenza virus. Of the 3193 influenza‐negative specimens, 41.8% (n = 1337) were positive for at least 1 non‐influenza respiratory virus, of which 16.2% (n = 518), 13.4% (n = 428), and 9.6% (n = 308) tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, and adenovirus, respectively. ; Conclusions ; The Government of Vietnam has demonstrated that expanding respiratory viral surveillance by strengthening and building upon an influenza platform is feasible, efficient, and practical.
• Subjects:
  • Original Article
  • Original Articles
  • adenovirus
  • global health security
  • influenza virus
  • respiratory syncytial virus
  • rhinovirus
  • severe acute respiratory infection
• Source:
  Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 12(5):632-642.
• Pubmed ID:
  29754431
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6086843
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Vietnam
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59499/cdc_59499_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:7cd02394ef57c7f8c0f2b485540ecf763dd30d66ad3fd6c8784434d811fa53cf