National Centers for Disease Control and Public Health, 9 M. Asatiani Str., 0186 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;65:98-100. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.09.028. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
Due to reports of substandard influenza preparedness, the country of Georgia developed two influenza surveillance systems. This paper describes these surveillance systems in their capacity to detect influenza.
Two surveillance systems for influenza operate in Georgia: an influenza-like illness (ILI) sentinel surveillance system for out-patient cases, based in the capital, Tbilisi, and a severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) sentinel surveillance system for in-patient cases with five sentinel sites - one in Tbilisi, and four in Kutaisi. Patients in these surveillance systems provide samples for laboratory testing, including influenza confirmation.
From 2015-2016, 825 cases were surveilled in the ILI surveillance system and 1367 cases were surveilled in the SARI surveillance system, with 222 (26.9%) and 451 (33.0%) positive for influenza, respectively. Influenza positivity varied by age with adults 30-64 years having highest proportion of influenza-positive cases at 42.2%.
The sensitivity of the surveillance systems to influenza was relatively high compared to neighboring countries. These findings show the importance of influenza surveillance in the country of Georgia.
由于有报道称流感准备工作不达标，格鲁吉亚建立了两个流感监测系统。本文介绍了这些监测系统在流感检测方面的能力。
格鲁吉亚有两个流感监测系统：一个是基于首都第比利斯的流感样疾病（ILI）哨点监测系统，另一个是五个哨点（包括第比利斯一个，库塔伊西四个）的住院严重急性呼吸道感染（SARI）哨点监测系统。这些监测系统中的患者提供样本进行实验室检测，包括流感确认。
2015-2016 年，ILI 监测系统监测了 825 例病例，SARI 监测系统监测了 1367 例病例，流感阳性率分别为 26.9%和 33.0%。流感阳性率随年龄而变化，30-64 岁成年人的流感阳性病例比例最高，为 42.2%。
与邻国相比，这些监测系统对流感的敏感性相对较高。这些发现表明了在格鲁吉亚开展流感监测的重要性。
