Evaluation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome surveillance caused by respiratory viruses in a pediatric unit, 2013 to 2019.
Felipe Teixeira de Mello FreitasCíntia Costa Pereira PimentelPedro Ribeiro BianchiniRafaela Moreira de CarvalhoAlexandre Peixoto SerafimCira Ferreira Antunes CostaPublished in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2023)
The system needs to reduce the time to deliver results so that inappropriate use of antibiotics and antivirals can be avoided. Moreover, the burden of viral pneumonia was relevant and the system must be flexible enough to include emerging viruses in order to be useful in responding to public health emergencies caused by respiratory viruses.