Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in Europe
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| Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
| Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/5105 |
Resumo: | Free PMC Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627046/ |
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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in EuropeInfluenzaSurveillanceInternetVaccinationEuropeEstados de Saúde e de DoençaObservação em Saúde e VigilânciaFree PMC Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627046/Background: The wide availability of the Internet and the growth of digital communication technologies have become an important tool for epidemiological studies and health surveillance. Influenzanet is a participatory surveillance system monitoring the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Europe since 2003. It is based on data provided by volunteers who self-report their symptoms via the Internet throughout the influenza season and currently involves 10 countries. Objective: In this paper, we describe the Influenzanet system and provide an overview of results from several analyses that have been performed with the collected data, which include participant representativeness analyses, data validation (comparing ILI incidence rates between Influenzanet and sentinel medical practice networks), identification of ILI risk factors, and influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies previously published. Additionally, we present new VE analyses for the Netherlands, stratified by age and chronic illness and offer suggestions for further work and considerations on the continuity and sustainability of the participatory system. Methods: Influenzanet comprises country-specific websites where residents can register to become volunteers to support influenza surveillance and have access to influenza-related information. Participants are recruited through different communication channels. Following registration, volunteers submit an intake questionnaire with their postal code and sociodemographic and medical characteristics, after which they are invited to report their symptoms via a weekly electronic newsletter reminder. Several thousands of participants have been engaged yearly in Influenzanet, with over 36,000 volunteers in the 2015-16 season alone. Results: In summary, for some traits and in some countries (eg, influenza vaccination rates in the Netherlands), Influenzanet participants were representative of the general population. However, for other traits, they were not (eg, participants underrepresent the youngest and oldest age groups in 7 countries). The incidence of ILI in Influenzanet was found to be closely correlated although quantitatively higher than that obtained by the sentinel medical practice networks. Various risk factors for acquiring an ILI infection were identified. The VE studies performed with Influenzanet data suggest that this surveillance system could develop into a complementary tool to measure the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, eventually in real time. Conclusions: Results from these analyses illustrate that Influenzanet has developed into a fast and flexible monitoring system that can complement the traditional influenza surveillance performed by sentinel medical practices. The uniformity of Influenzanet allows for direct comparison of ILI rates between countries. It also has the important advantage of yielding individual data, which can be used to identify risk factors. The way in which the Influenzanet system is constructed allows the collection of data that could be extended beyond those of ILI cases to monitor pandemic influenza and other common or emerging diseases.Influenzanet was supported by the EC-ICT IP EPIWORK g.a. no.231807. De Grote Griepmeting (Netherlands and Belgium) is supported by Science in Action BV. Influweb (Italy) is partially supported by H2020 FETPROACT-GSS CIMPLEX Grant No. 641191. Grippenet (France) is supported by the ANR contract no. ANR-12-MONU-0018 (HARMSFLU). The Spanish initiative has been partially supported by the EC FET-Proactive Project Multiplex (grant 317532).Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de SaúdeKoppeschaar, Carl E.Colizza, VittoriaGuerrisi, CarolineTurbelin, ClémentDuggan, JimEdmunds, W JohnKjelsø, CharlotteMexia, RicardoMoreno, YamirMeloni, SandroPaolotti, DanielaPerrotta, Danielavan Straten, EdwardFranco, Ana O.2018-03-01T12:27:03Z2017-09-192017-09-19T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/5105engJMIR Public Health Surveill. 2017 Sep 19;3(3):e58. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.742910.2196/publichealth.7429info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-20T15:40:39Zoai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/5105Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:39:49.426813Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in Europe |
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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in Europe |
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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in Europe Koppeschaar, Carl E. Influenza Surveillance Internet Vaccination Europe Estados de Saúde e de Doença Observação em Saúde e Vigilância |
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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in Europe |
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Influenzanet: citizens among 10 countries collaborating to monitor influenza in Europe |
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Koppeschaar, Carl E. |
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Koppeschaar, Carl E. Colizza, Vittoria Guerrisi, Caroline Turbelin, Clément Duggan, Jim Edmunds, W John Kjelsø, Charlotte Mexia, Ricardo Moreno, Yamir Meloni, Sandro Paolotti, Daniela Perrotta, Daniela van Straten, Edward Franco, Ana O. |
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Colizza, Vittoria Guerrisi, Caroline Turbelin, Clément Duggan, Jim Edmunds, W John Kjelsø, Charlotte Mexia, Ricardo Moreno, Yamir Meloni, Sandro Paolotti, Daniela Perrotta, Daniela van Straten, Edward Franco, Ana O. |
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Koppeschaar, Carl E. Colizza, Vittoria Guerrisi, Caroline Turbelin, Clément Duggan, Jim Edmunds, W John Kjelsø, Charlotte Mexia, Ricardo Moreno, Yamir Meloni, Sandro Paolotti, Daniela Perrotta, Daniela van Straten, Edward Franco, Ana O. |
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Influenza Surveillance Internet Vaccination Europe Estados de Saúde e de Doença Observação em Saúde e Vigilância |
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Influenza Surveillance Internet Vaccination Europe Estados de Saúde e de Doença Observação em Saúde e Vigilância |
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Free PMC Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627046/ |
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JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2017 Sep 19;3(3):e58. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.7429 10.2196/publichealth.7429 |
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