Joseph C A
Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev. 1995 Sep 15;5(10):R141-5.
Ten public health laboratories and a group of collaborating general practitioners were recruited to participate in a two year pilot study of virological surveillance of influenza in England and Wales, which was carried out during the winters of 1993/94 (first year) and 1994/95 (second year). The study was designed to facilitate rapid diagnosis and reporting of the results from the specimens submitted each week. Nose and throat swabs were obtained from 240 patients seen by general practitioners in the first year, 14 of which (6%) were positive for influenza virus; in the second year 66 specimens (14%) from a total of 477 nose and throat swabs were positive. The highest proportion of positive results were in children in both years. Fewer specimens were submitted to the study than expected, but the study obtained more timely data on the contribution of influenza virus infection to the overall level of influenza-like illness in the community than are normally available through routine surveillance.
十个公共卫生实验室和一组合作的全科医生被招募参与一项在英格兰和威尔士进行的为期两年的流感病毒学监测试点研究，该研究在1993/94年冬季（第一年）和1994/95年冬季（第二年）开展。该研究旨在促进对每周提交标本的快速诊断和结果报告。第一年从全科医生诊治的240名患者中采集了鼻拭子和咽拭子，其中14份（6%）流感病毒检测呈阳性；第二年，在总共477份鼻拭子和咽拭子中，66份标本（14%）呈阳性。两年中阳性结果比例最高的均为儿童。提交给该研究的标本数量少于预期，但该研究获得了比常规监测通常能提供的数据更及时的关于流感病毒感染对社区总体流感样疾病水平影响的数据。
