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Abstract

Background

A new respiratory virus surveillance platform, based on nationwide hospital laboratory data, was established in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim

We aimed to evaluate the performance of this platform with respect to the detection of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from week 36 in 2020 to week 15 in 2023, and how it fits with the World Health Organization (WHO) mosaic surveillance framework.

Methods

Data of respiratory samples from hospitalised patients sent for laboratory confirmation of influenza virus or RSV from 25 general hospital laboratories nationwide were collected. We analysed the weekly number and percentage of samples positive for influenza virus or RSV vis-à-vis SARS-CoV-2 activity and compared data from the new surveillance platform with existing surveillance platforms. Using data in the new surveillance platform, we analysed early stages of a 2021 out-of-season RSV outbreak and evaluated the capabilities of the new surveillance system with respect to objectives and domains of the WHO mosaic framework.

Results

The new hospital-laboratory surveillance platform captured the activity of influenza virus and RSV, provided crucial data when outpatient sentinel surveillance was not operational and supported an out-of-season RSV outbreak investigation. The new surveillance platform fulfilled important objectives in all three domains of the mosaic framework and could serve for gathering additional information to fulfil more domain objectives.

Conclusion

The new hospital laboratory surveillance platform provided essential data during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, fulfilled important domain objectives of the mosaic framework and could be adapted for the surveillance of other viruses.

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Hospital surveillance of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: contribution to the WHO mosaic framework, Israel, 2020 to 2023
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Lea++Gur-Arie&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gur-Arie Lea </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michal+Stein&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stein Michal</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hanna+Sefty&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sefty Hanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ilana+S+Fratty&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fratty Ilana S</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ital+Nemet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nemet Ital</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Limor+Kliker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kliker Limor</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nofar+Atari&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Atari Nofar</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Neta+S+Zuckerman&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zuckerman Neta S</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alina+Rosenberg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rosenberg Alina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Heftziba+Ivgi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ivgi Heftziba</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Orit+Golan-Shany&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Golan-Shany Orit</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nadav+Sorek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sorek Nadav</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Orna+Schwartz-Harari&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schwartz-Harari Orna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michal+Bromberg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bromberg Michal</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lital+Keinan-Boker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Keinan-Boker Lital</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michal+Mandelboim&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mandelboim Michal</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Aharona+Glatman-Freedman&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Glatman-Freedman Aharona</a>, <a href="/search?value1=on+behalf+of+the+Israeli+Respiratory+Viruses+Hospital+Laboratory+Network+%28IRVHLN%29&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">on behalf of the Israeli Respiratory Viruses Hospital Laboratory Network (IRVHLN)</a></span>. Hospital surveillance of respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: contribution to the WHO mosaic framework, Israel, 2020 to 2023. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2024;29(32):pii=2300634. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2300634" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.32.2300634</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 15 Nov 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 28 Apr 2024 </span> </p>
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