Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 virus circulation using Acute Respiratory Infections sentinel system of Catalonia (PIDIRAC) during the 2019-2020 season: A retrospective observational study.

Mireia JanéAna MartínezPilar CiruelaMar MosqueraMiguel J MartínezLuca BasileMª José VidalMª Mercè NoguerasPatricia de MolinaJordi VilaMª Angeles Marcos

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Sentinel Surveillance PIDIRAC enhances global epidemiological surveillance by allowing confirmation of viral circulation and describes the epidemiology of generalized community respiratory viruses' transmission in Catalonia. The system can provide an alert signal when identification of a virus is not achieved in order to take adequate preparedness measures.

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