Title
Surveillance, prevention, and control of influenza virus in Peru
Other title
Vigilancia, prevención y control del virus de la influenza en perú
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
The importance of surveilling the circulation of the influenza virus and timely vaccination of different populations in Peru was analyzed in three sessions by a group of clinical experts from different specialties. The Peruvian national influenza surveillance system has many selected establishments that have become currently ineffective in terms of a timely report. Most of the samples come from Lima. The viral distribution is inadequately analyzed. The northern and jungle areas of the country have weather and season conditions different to those in Lima and on the southern highlands. This lack of coordination is accentuated by the opportunity of arrival of the influenza vaccine in the country. The Ministry of Health uses a trivalent vaccine but the possibility of a tetravalent vaccine with the two type-B lineages must be analyzed from a cost-benefit standpoint. The appropriateness of vaccinating two times a year, regionally, should be assessed.
Start page
511
End page
514
Volume
36
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del cuidado de la salud y servicios (administración de hospitales, financiamiento) Enfermedades infecciosas Sistema respiratorio
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85075289381
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
1726-4634
Sponsor(s)
Agradecimiento: a la Dras Grécia Egúsquiza y María Fernanda Farías, por su apoyo en la sistematización de los conceptos discutidos durante las tres reuniones.. Fuentes de financiamiento: Este trabajo y las reuniones de los expertos fue efectuado con un grant recibido por la Universidad Peruana Cayetana Heredia
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