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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 ; ... More +
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. Less -
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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.


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Adenovirus Global Health Security Influenza Virus Original Article Original Articles 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
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CDC Public Access
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