| Literature DB >> 25893441 |
Hirono Otomaru1, Taro Kamigaki1, Raita Tamaki1, Jamie Opinion2, Arlene Santo3, Edgard Daya4, Michiko Okamoto1, Mariko Saito5, Veronica Tallo6, Soccoro Lupisan6, Akira Suzuki7, Hitoshi Oshitani1.
Abstract
This study aimed to determine the role of influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance conducted on Leyte Island, the Philippines, including involvement of other respiratory viruses, from 2010 to 2013. ILI surveillance was conducted from January 2010 to March 2013 with 3 sentinel sites located in Tacloban city, Palo and Tanauan of Leyte Island. ILI was defined as fever ≥38°C or feverish feeling and either cough or running nose in a patient of any age. Influenza virus and other 5 respiratory viruses were searched. A total of 5,550 ILI cases visited the 3 sites and specimens were collected from 2,031 (36.6%) cases. Among the cases sampled, 1,637 (75.6%) were children aged <5 years. 874 (43.0%) cases were positive for at least one of the respiratory viruses tested. Influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were predominantly detected (both were 25.7%) followed by human rhinovirus (HRV) (17.5%). The age distributions were significantly different between those who were positive for influenza, HRV, and RSV. ILI cases were reported throughout the year and influenza virus was co-detected with those viruses on approximately half of the weeks of study period (RSV in 60.5% and HRV 47.4%). In terms of clinical manifestations, only the rates of headache and sore throat were significantly higher in influenza positive cases than cases positive to other viruses. In conclusion, syndromic ILI surveillance in this area is difficult to detect the start of influenza epidemic without laboratory confirmation which requires huge resources. Age was an important factor that affected positive rates of influenza and other respiratory viruses. Involvement of older age children may be useful to detect influenza more effectively.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25893441 PMCID: PMC4404362 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123755
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Locations of the 3 sentinel sites in the Eastern Visayas region, the Philippines.
Map source; DIVA-GIS website (http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata).
Demographic characteristics of all influenza-like illness (ILI) cases and the tested cases from 2010 to 2013.
| Covariate | Total ILI consultations | No. of tested cases (%) |
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2010 | 1657 | 599 (36.1) | <0.001 |
| 2011 | 1929 | 632 (32.8) | ||
| 2012 | 1723 | 655 (38.0) | ||
| 2013 | 241 | 145 (60.2) | ||
| Age | 0–5 months | 549 | 168 (30.6) | <0.001 |
| 6–11 months | 843 | 328 (38.9) | ||
| 1–4 years | 2699 | 1039 (38.5) | ||
| 5–9 years | 924 | 341 (36.9) | ||
| 10–14 years | 288 | 112 (38.9) | ||
| 15–19 years | 61 | 15 (24.6) | ||
| 20–39 years | 116 | 21 (18.1) | ||
| Over 40 years | 70 | 7 (10.0) | ||
| Sex | Female | 2835 | 1071 (37.8) | 0.07 |
| Male | 2715 | 960 (35.4) | ||
| Facility | LPH | 2146 | 752 (35.0) | <0.001 |
| T-CHC | 2040 | 613 (30.0) | ||
| T-RHU | 1364 | 666 (48.8) |
Abbreviations: LPH, Leyte Provincial Hospital; T-CHC, Tacloban City Health Center; T-RHU, Tacloban Rural Health Unit.
Viral etiology for influenza-like illness (ILI) cases from 2010 to 2013.
| Subtotal (%) | 2010 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2012 (%) | 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2031 | 599 | 632 | 655 | 145 | ||
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| 225 (11.1) | 96 (16.0) | 92 (14.6) | 21 (3.2) | 16 (11.0) | ||
| Influenza A | 117 (52.0) | 44 (45.8) | 55 (59.8) | 16 (7.6) | 2 (12.5) | ||
| A (H1N1) pdm09 | 55 (47.0) | 15 (34.1) | 40 (72.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Seasonal A (H1N1) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| A (H3N2) | 61 (52.1) | 28 (63.6) | 15 (27.3) | 16 (100) | 2 (100) | ||
| Influenza B | 104 (46.2) | 52 (54.2) | 34 (37.0) | 5 (23.8) | 13 (81.3) | ||
| Influenza C | 4 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) | ||
|
| 225 (11.1) | 49 (8.2) | 83 (13.1) | 61 (9.3) | 32 (22.1) | ||
|
| 153 (7.5) | 72 (12.0) | 53 (8.4) | 14 (2.1) | 14 (9.7) | ||
|
| 74 (3.6) | 15 (2.5) | 19 (3.0) | 38 (5.8) | 2 (1.4) | ||
|
| 197 (9.7) | 40 (6.7) | 70 (11.1) | 77 (11.8) | 10 (6.9) |
* In 2013, samples were collected until March.
Abbreviations: RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; HRV, human rhinovirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus.
Aggregate number of virus positives and positivity rates (%) by age group from 2010 to 2013.
| Total tested | Influenza | A (H1N1) pdm09 | Seasonal A (H1N1) | A (H3N2) | Influenza B | Influenza C | RSV | HRV | hMPV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| 168 | 9 (5.4) | 3 (1.8) | 0 | 2 (1.2) | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | 28 (16.7) | 19 (11.3) | 3 (1.8) |
|
| 328 | 22 (6.7) | 4 (1.2) | 1 (0.1) | 11 (3.4) | 5 (1.5) | 2 (0.6) | 49 (14.9) | 38 (11.6) | 16 (4.9) |
|
| 1039 | 93 (9.0) | 22 (2.1) | 0 | 28 (2.7) | 41 (3.9) | 1 (0.1) | 134 (12.9) | 67 (6.4) | 44 (4.2) |
|
| 341 | 63 (18.5) | 17 (5.0) | 0 | 11 (3.2) | 35 (10.3) | 0 | 9 (2.6) | 17 (5.0) | 9 (2.6) |
|
| 112 | 26 (23.2) | 6 (5.4) | 0 | 5 (4.5) | 15 (13.4) | 0 | 4 (3.6) | 6 (5.4) | 2 (1.8) |
|
| 15 | 7 (46.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 5 (33.3) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0 |
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| 21 | 5 (23.8) | 2 (9.5) | 0 | 3 (14.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (19.0) | 0 |
|
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 0 |
Abbreviations: RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; HRV, human rhinovirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus.
Fig 2A–C Weekly number of influenza-like illness (ILI) (A), and weekly proportions of influenza positives (B), and virus positives other than influenza (C) from 2010 to 2013.
Abbreviations: RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; HRV, human rhinovirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus
Fig 3Frequencies of clinical manifestations presented among cases aged up to 15 years.
Abbreviations: RN, runny nose; ST, sore throat; DB, difficulty in breathing; CI, chest indrawing, hMPV, human metapneumovirus; HRV, human rhinovirus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.