Hospital surveillance of influenza strains: a concordant image of viruses identified by the Swiss Sentinel system?

Goncalves Cabecinhas, Ana Rita; Iten, Anne Clemence Marie; Suter-Boquete, Patricia; Schibler, Manuel; Kaiser, Laurent; Cordey, Samuel

doi:10.1111/irv.12417

Scientific article

English

Hospital surveillance of influenza strains: a concordant image of viruses identified by the Swiss Sentinel system?

ContributorsGoncalves Cabecinhas, Ana Rita; Iten, Anne Clemence Marie; Suter-Boquete, Patricia; Schibler, Manuel; Kaiser, Laurent; Cordey, Samuel

Published inInfluenza and other Respiratory Viruses, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 41-47

Publication date2017

Abstract

The Swiss Sentinel system for influenza virus surveillance reports influenza-like illness in the community through a network of primary care practitioners, but the epidemiologic, demographic, and virological characterization may differ from that observed in hospitalized patients with influenza.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Community Health Services
Female
Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/genetics
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/classification/genetics/isolation & purification
Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/classification/genetics/isolation & purification
Influenza B virus/genetics/isolation & purification
Influenza, Human/epidemiology/virology
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Seasons
Sentinel Surveillance
Switzerland/epidemiology
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Virologie clinique (668)

Citation (ISO format)

GONCALVES CABECINHAS, Ana Rita et al. Hospital surveillance of influenza strains: a concordant image of viruses identified by the Swiss Sentinel system? In: Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 2017, vol. 11, n° 1, p. 41–47. doi: 10.1111/irv.12417

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Identifiers

PID : unige:98876
DOI : 10.1111/irv.12417
PMID : 27441401

Journal ISSN1750-2640

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Hospital surveillance of influenza strains: a concordant image of viruses identified by the Swiss Sentinel system?

The Swiss Sentinel system for influenza virus surveillance reports influenza-like illness in the community through a network of primary care practitioners, but the epidemiologic, demographic, and virological characterization may differ from that observed in hospitalized patients with influenza.

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