Cohort profile: Indian Network of Population-Based Surveillance Platforms for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses among the Elderly (INSPIRE).
Anand KrishnanLalit DarRitvik AmarchandAslesh Ottapura PrabhakaranRakesh KumarPrabu RajkumarSuman KanungoSumit Dutt BhardwajAvinash ChoudekarVarsha PotdarAlok Kumar ChakrabartiCp Girish KumarGiridara Gopal ParameswaranShivram DhakadByomkesh MannaAshish ChoudharyKathryn E LafondEduardo Azziz-BaumgartnerSiddhartha SahaPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The findings of this cohort will be used to inform prioritisation of strategies for influenza and RSV control for older adults in India. We also plan to conduct epidemiological studies of SARS-CoV-2 using this platform.