Department of Defense influenza and other respiratory disease surveillance during the 2009 pandemic
Year: 2011
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Division of Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (AFHSC-GEIS) supports and oversees surveillance for emerging infectious diseases, including respiratory diseases, of importance to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). AFHSC-GEIS accomplishes this mission by providing funding and oversight to a global network of partners for respiratory disease surveillance. This report details the system's surveillance activities during 2009, with a focus on efforts in responding to the novel H1N1 Influenza A (A/H1N1) pandemic and contributions to global public health. Active surveillance networks established by AFHSC-GEIS partners resulted in the initial detection of novel A/H1N1 influenza in the U.S. and several other countries, and viruses isolated from these activities were used as seed strains for the 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine. Partners also provided diagnostic laboratory training and capacity building to host nations to assist with the novel A/H1N1 pandemic global response, adapted a Food and Drug Administration-approved assay for use on a ruggedized polymerase chain reaction platform for diagnosing novel A/H1N1 in remote settings, and provided estimates of seasonal vaccine effectiveness against novel A/H1N1 illness. Regular reporting of the system's worldwide surveillance findings to the global public health community enabled leaders to make informed decisions on disease mitigation measures and controls for the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic. AFHSC-GEIS's support of a global network contributes to DoD's force health protection, while supporting global public health.
Source: BMC Public Health
Authors: Ronald L Burke, Kelly G Vest, Angelia A Eick, Jose L Sanchez, Matthew C Johns, Julie A Pavlin, Richard G Jarman, Jerry L Mothershead, Miguel Quintana, Thomas Palys, Michael J Cooper, Jian Guan, David Schnabel, John Waitumbi, Alisa Wilma, Candelaria Daniels, Matthew L Brown, Steven Tobias, Matthew R Kasper, Maya Williams, Jeffrey A Tjaden, Buhari Oyofo, Timothy Styles, Patrick J Blair, Anthony Hawksworth, Joel M Montgomery, Hugo Razuri, Alberto Laguna-Torres, Randal J Schoepp, David A Norwood, Victor H MacIntosh, Thomas Gibbons, Gregory C Gray, David L Blazes, Kevin L Russell, AFHSC-GEIS Influenza Surveillance Writing Group
Institutions: Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, United States Department of Defense, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT, United States Navy, Naval Health Research Center, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, United States Air Force, University of Florida Health, University of Florida, University of Buea, Global Viral, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
OpenAlex ID: W2024648570