PMID- 17888862
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080102
LR  - 20231213
IS  - 0749-3797 (Print)
IS  - 0749-3797 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Oct
TI  - Creating a model program for influenza surveillance in California: results from 
      the 2005-2006 influenza season.
PG  - 353-7
AB  - BACKGROUND: Influenza surveillance is valuable for monitoring trends in 
      influenza-related morbidity and mortality. Using the 2005-2006 influenza season 
      as an example, this paper describes a comprehensive influenza surveillance 
      program used by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). METHODS: Data 
      collected from patients evaluated for acute respiratory illness in a given week 
      were reported and summarized the following week, including (1) electronic 
      hospital pneumonia and influenza admission and antiviral usage records from 
      Kaiser Permanente, (2) sentinel provider influenza-like illness (ILI) reports, 
      (3) severe pediatric influenza case reports (e.g., children either hospitalized 
      in intensive care or expired), (4) school clinic ILI evaluations, and (5) 
      positive influenza test results from a network of academic, hospital, commercial, 
      and public health laboratories and the state CDPH Viral and Rickettsial Disease 
      Laboratory. RESULTS: Influenza activity in California in the 2005-2006 season was 
      moderate in severity; all clinical and laboratory markers rose and fell 
      consistently. Extensive laboratory characterization identified the predominant 
      circulating virus strain as A/California/7/2004(H3N2), which was a component of 
      the 2005-2006 influenza vaccine; 96% of samples tested showed adamantane 
      resistance. CONCLUSIONS: By using multiple, complementary surveillance methods 
      coupled with a strong laboratory component, the CDPH has developed a simple, 
      flexible, stable, and widely accepted influenza surveillance system that can 
      monitor trends in statewide influenza activity, ascertain the correlation between 
      circulating strains with vaccine strains, and assist with detection of new strain 
      variants. The methods described can serve as a model for influenza surveillance 
      in other states.
FAU - Louie, Janice K
AU  - Louie JK
AD  - Department of Health Services, Viral and Ricksettial Disease Laboratory, 
      California Department of Public Health, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond, CA 
      94804, USA. JLouie@dhs.ca.gov
FAU - Schnurr, David P
AU  - Schnurr DP
FAU - Guevara, Hugo F
AU  - Guevara HF
FAU - Honarmand, Somayeh
AU  - Honarmand S
FAU - Cheung, Michele
AU  - Cheung M
FAU - Cottam, David
AU  - Cottam D
FAU - Yeh, Elaine
AU  - Yeh E
FAU - Wold, Lauren
AU  - Wold L
FAU - Boston, Erica J
AU  - Boston EJ
FAU - Tang, Janet
AU  - Tang J
FAU - Cummings, Kate C
AU  - Cummings KC
FAU - Donovan, Richard M
AU  - Donovan RM
FAU - Schechter, Robert
AU  - Schechter R
FAU - Rosenberg, Jon
AU  - Rosenberg J
FAU - Walter, Lawrence J
AU  - Walter LJ
FAU - Chapman, John A
AU  - Chapman JA
FAU - Brenner, Paul R
AU  - Brenner PR
FAU - Baxter, Roger P
AU  - Baxter RP
FAU - Glaser, Carol A
AU  - Glaser CA
LA  - eng
GR  - U50/CCU 923677-02/3/PHS HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Am J Prev Med
JT  - American journal of preventive medicine
JID - 8704773
SB  - IM
MH  - California/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Influenza, Human/*epidemiology/mortality
MH  - Alphainfluenzavirus/*isolation & purification
MH  - Models, Organizational
MH  - Population Surveillance/*methods
MH  - *Seasons
EDAT- 2007/09/25 09:00
MHDA- 2008/01/03 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/25 09:00
PHST- 2007/01/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/05/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/05/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/09/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/01/03 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0749-3797(07)00364-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.05.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Prev Med. 2007 Oct;33(4):353-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.05.008.