Last updated on 15-12-2021 by Cyril Barbezange
Peer reviewed scientific article
English
Authors
Subissi, Lorenzo; Bossuyt, Nathalie; Reynders, Marijke; Gerard, Michèle; Dauby, Nicolas; Lacor, Patrick; Daelemans, Siel; Lissoir, Bénédicte; Holemans, Xavier; Magerman, Koen; Jouck, Door; Bourgeois, Marc; Delaere, Bénédicte; Sophie Quoilin; Van Gucht, Steven; Thomas, Isabelle; Barbezange, CyrilKeywords
Abstract:
BackgroundSeasonal influenza-like illness (ILI) affects millions of people yearly. Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), mainly influenza, are a leading cause of hospitalisation and mortality. Increasing evidence indicates that non-influenza respiratory viruses (NIRV) also contribute to the burden of SARI. In Belgium, SARI surveillance by a network of sentinel hospitals has been ongoing since 2011.AimWe report the results of using in-house multiplex qPCR for the detection of a flexible panel of viruses in respiratory ILI and SARI samples and the estimated incidence rates of SARI assoc…