Emilio Gonzales Overview Considerations for Influenza Flu Surveillance Goals for the Upcoming Season and Year Projected Timeframes Considerations Respiratory Disease Surveillance Structure of influenza surveillance reporter network ID: 1048063
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1. The Future of Influenza (Flu) Surveillance in TexasEmilio Gonzales
2. OverviewConsiderations for Influenza (Flu) SurveillanceGoals for the Upcoming Season and YearProjected Timeframes
3. Considerations:Respiratory Disease SurveillanceStructure of influenza surveillance reporter network“Pan-Respiratory” disease surveillance?Idea of expanded sentinel surveillance which incorporates multiple respiratory diseasesCOVID-19 surveillance?RSV surveillance and data?Increasing participation and associated data managementInfluenza Sequencing Center
4. Goals for 23-24 Flu SeasonIncreasing participationNREVSS (National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System)ILINet (Influenza-Like Illness Network)Public Health Lab (PHL) Sample Submissions Improved Outbreak ReportingBetter Data Visualization and Access
5. Increasing Flu Surveillance ParticipationNREVSS33 reporters currently (22-23 Season)Largest percentage of testing comes from PHR 3 and 726% and 24% respectivelyGOAL: Increase reporters by 7, to bring us to 40 reportersTarget areas with lower reportingILINet65 reporters currently (22-23 Season)GOAL:Increase reporters by 15, to bring us to 80 reportersTarget areas with lower participation
6. Increasing Flu Surveillance ParticipationPHL sample submissions22-23 Season to Date3676 specimens tested, 525 positivesRight Size Goals for Novel Influenza Detection182 positives per week during peak (>4 weeks)52 positives per week during ‘shoulders’ (weeks 40-20)1 positives per week during summer (year-round)GOAL:Aim to meet Right Size novel testing outlined aboveAdditional aim for Sequencing Center90 specimens tested per week (weeks 40-39 / the year)Avg. of 10 positives per week (weeks 40-39/ the year)
7. Improving Outbreak ReportingWorking towards a more streamlined reporting Qualtrics/Survey based reportInitial scaled down report for providersFollow-up completed by local health jurisdictionReminding and educating providers, schools, facilities of what constitutes and outbreakRequired reporting
8. Respiratory Disease Data Visualization and AccessInfluenza DashboardHistorical data (~5 years)Interactive visualizationsRegional breakout of dataPredictive model for influenza Includes other respiratory diseases RSV, Adenovirus, Parainfluenza, etc.Aim to utilize data dashboard to inform health departments (HD’s), providers, and the public
9. *preliminary sample of influenza dashboard, material has likely changed
10. *preliminary sample of influenza dashboard, material has likely changed
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12. *preliminary sample of influenza dashboard, material has likely changed
13. *preliminary sample of influenza dashboard, material has likely changed
14. Projected TimeframesDashboard Completed by October, fully launched by 2024Updated Influenza Surveillance Handbook by October, 2023Outbreak Report Survey by January 2024Ongoing efforts for increased recruitment and participation in influenza surveillance
15. Thank YouEmilio GonzalesEmilio.gonzales@dshs.texas.govflutexas@dshs.texas.gov