Influenza surveillance in Southern Thailand during 2009-2010

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 871-876

  Kanchana, Sawan ^a   Kanchana, Supannakhon ^a   Prachayangprecha, Slinporn ^b   Makkoch, Jarika ^b   Chantrakul, Charas ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^b  

^a Nakhon Srithammarat   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Influenza; Real time RT PCR; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; PANDEMIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND;

EID: 84868607874     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Chieochansin T, Makkoch J, Suwannakarn K, Payungporn S, Poovorawan Y. Novel H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection in Bankok, Thailand: effects of school closures. Asian Biomed 2009; 3: 469-475.
2. Chumkiew S, Srisang W, Jaroensutasinee M, Jaroensutasinee K. Climatic factors affecting on influenza cases in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Proc World Acad Sci Eng Tech 2007; 21: 364-367.
3. Community Health Center. District profile: Thung Song, Nakhon Si Thammarat, 2009. [Cited 2012 May 12]. Available from: URL: http//th.wikipedia.org/wiki/
4. Department of Disease Control, Thailand Ministry of Public Health. The method of investigation and control of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 at the beginning of outbreak at the school and institution (in Thai). Nonthaburi: Ministry of Public Health, 2009. [Cited 2010 Sep 15]. Available from: URL: http://203.157.15.4/Flu/doc/Influenza_Investigation_Manual_June2009.pdf
5. Johnson NP, Mueller J. Updating the accounts: global mortality of the 1918-1920 "Spanish" influenza pandemic. Bull Hist Med 2002; 76: 105-115.
6. Kendal AP, Pereira MS, Skehel J. Concepts and procedures for laboratory-based influenza surveillance. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, 1982.
7. Linde A, Rotzén-Ostlund M, Zweygberg-Wirgart B, Rubinova S, Brytting M. Does viral interference affect spread of influenza? Euro Surveill 2009; 14. pii: 19354.
8. Lowen AC, Mubareka S, Steel J, Palese P. Influenza virus transmission is dependent on relative humidity and temperature. PLoS Pathogens 2007; 3: 1470-1476.
9. Prachayangprecha S, Makkoch J, Payungporn S, et al. Serological analysis of human pandemic influenza (H1N1) in Thailand. J Health Popul Nutr 2010; 28: 537-544.
10. Simmerman JM, Chittaganpitch M, Levy J, et al. Incidence, seasonality and mortality associated with influenza pneumonia in Thailand: 2005-2008. PLoS One 2009; 4: e7776.
11. Simmerman JM, Chittaganpitch M, Erdman D, Sawatwong P, Uyeki TM, Dowell SF. Field performance and new uses of rapid influenza testing in Thailand. Int J Infect Dis 2007; 11: 166-71.
12. Soebiyanto RP, Adimi F, Kiang RK. Modeling and predicting seasonal influenza transmission in warm regions using climatolo-gical parameters. PLoS One 2010; 5: e9450.
13. Suwannakarn K, Payungporn S, Chieochansin T, et al. Typing (A/B) and subtyping (H1/ H3/H5) of influenza A viruses by multiplex real-time RT-PCR assays. J Virol Methods 2008; 152: 25-31.
14. Trifonov V, Khiabanian H, Rabadan R. Geographic dependence, surveillance, and origins of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) Virus. N Engl J Med 2009; 361: 115-119.
15. Truscott J, Fraser C, Hinsley W, et al. Quantifying the transmissibility of human influenza and its seasonal variation in temperate regions. PLoS Curr 2009; 1: RRN1125.
16. Viboud C, Boëlle PY, Cauchemez S, et al. Risk factors of influenza transmission in households. Br J Gen Pract 2004; 54: 684-689.
17. World Health Organization (WHO). CDC protocol of realtime RT-PCR for influenza A (H1N1). Geneva: WHO, 2009. [Cited 2010 Nov 20]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/swineflu/CDCrealtimeRTPCRprotocol_20090428.pdf
18. World Health Organization (WHO). Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 113. Geneva: WHO, 2010. [Cited 2010 Nov 23]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2010_09_10/en/index.html