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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shih, David C
• Silver, Rachel
• Henao, Olga L
• Alemu, Aynalem
• Audi, Allan
• Bigogo, Godfrey
• Colston, Josh M
• Edu-Quansah, Elijah P
• Erickson, Timothy A
• Gashu, Andargachew
• Gbelee, Jr, G Burgess
• Gunter, Sarah M
• Kosek, Margaret N
• Logan, Gorbee G
• Mackey, Joy M
• Maliga, Adrianna
• Manzanero, Russell
• Morazan, Gerhaldine
• Morey, Francis
• Munoz, Flor M
• Murray, Kristy O
• Nelson, Thelma V
• Olortegui, Maribel Paredes
• Yori, Pablo Penataro
• Ronca, Shannon E
• Schiaffino, Francesca
• Tayachew, Adamu
• Tedasse, Musse
• Wossen, Mesfin
• Allen, Denise R
• Angra, Pawan
• Balish, Amanda
• Farron, Madeline
• Guerra, Marta
• Herman-Roloff, Amy
• Hicks, Victoria J
• Hunsperger, Elizabeth
• Kazazian, Lilit
• Mikoleit, Matt
• Munyua, Peninah
• Munywoki, Patrick K
• Namwase, Angella Sandra
• Onyango, Clayton O
• Park, Michael
• Peruski, Leonard F
• Sugerman, David E
• Gutierrez, Emily Zielinski
• Cohen, Adam L

Titel

Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021

Ist Teil von

• Emerging infectious diseases, 2022-12, Vol.28 (13), p.S34-S41

Ort / Verlag

United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Existing acute febrile illness (AFI) surveillance systems can be leveraged to identify and characterize emerging pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborated with ministries of health and implementing partners in Belize, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, and Peru to adapt AFI surveillance systems to generate COVID-19 response information. Staff at sentinel sites collected epidemiologic data from persons meeting AFI criteria and specimens for SARS-CoV-2 testing. A total of 5,501 patients with AFI were enrolled during March 2020-October 2021; >69% underwent SARS-CoV-2 testing. Percentage positivity for SARS-CoV-2 ranged from 4% (87/2,151, Kenya) to 19% (22/115, Ethiopia). We show SARS-CoV-2 testing was successfully integrated into AFI surveillance in 5 low- to middle-income countries to detect COVID-19 within AFI care-seeking populations. AFI surveillance systems can be used to build capacity to detect and respond to both emerging and endemic infectious disease threats.