A Review of Influenza Surveillance System in the Islamic Republic of Iran: History, Structures and Processes

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MORADI GH.; RAHMANI KH.; HEMMATI P.; AKBARI H.; REZAEI F.; DADRAS M.; AMIRI B.; ERFANI H.; SOROUSH M.; DARVISHI S.; SOLTANI J.; MOKHTARI AZAD T.; GOUYA M.M.

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Epidemiology Year:2019 | Volume:15 | Issue:2 Page(s): 215-225

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A Review of Influenza Surveillance System in the Islamic Republic of Iran: History, Structures and Processes

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Background and Objectives: Iran, like most other countries in the world, is always threatened with global epidemics and pandemics of Influenza. The purpose of this study was to review the Influenza Surveillance system in Iran. Methods: Data of this study were obtained from the Surveillance system of the Center for Communicable Disease Control, the review of records, documents, books and published articles and also interviews with process owners and experts of Influenza surveillance in 2017-2019. Results: Influenza surveillance in Iran Currently, a combination of surveillance methods, including caring for patients, laboratory care, hospital care and surveillance of respiratory disease epidemics and also border surveillance. Reporting of human Influenza outbreaks, as well as suspected avian flu as main notifiable diseases carried out through telephone. For each suspect case, in addition to taking and sending a sample to diagnose and also detect subtypes of the virus, medical treatment is immediately initiated and tracking of possible contacts is also done. Conclusion: Although there is currently good coherence in the surveillance of Influenza in Iran, but based on concerns about the emergence of Influenza pandemics in the future, and considering the possible genetic variation of the flu viruses, the tracking of the flu virus circulation along with updating Surveillance system especially emphasizing methods and formulas for rapid identification of disease outbreaks, as well as providing better health care and treatment is essential.

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MORADI, GH., RAHMANI, KH., HEMMATI, P., AKBARI, H., REZAEI, F., DADRAS, M., AMIRI, B., ERFANI, H., SOROUSH, M., DARVISHI, S., SOLTANI, J., MOKHTARI AZAD, T., & GOUYA, M.M.. (2019). A Review of Influenza Surveillance System in the Islamic Republic of Iran: History, Structures and Processes. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 15(2 ), 215-225. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/379703/en

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MORADI GH., RAHMANI KH., HEMMATI P., AKBARI H., REZAEI F., DADRAS M., AMIRI B., ERFANI H., SOROUSH M., DARVISHI S., SOLTANI J., MOKHTARI AZAD T., GOUYA M.M.. A Review of Influenza Surveillance System in the Islamic Republic of Iran: History, Structures and Processes. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY[Internet]. 2019;15(2 ):215-225. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/379703/en

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GH. MORADI, KH. RAHMANI, P. HEMMATI, H. AKBARI, F. REZAEI, M. DADRAS, B. AMIRI, H. ERFANI, M. SOROUSH, S. DARVISHI, J. SOLTANI, T. MOKHTARI AZAD, and M.M. GOUYA, “A Review of Influenza Surveillance System in the Islamic Republic of Iran: History, Structures and Processes,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 15, no. 2 , pp. 215–225, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/379703/en

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