Lessons learned from identifying clusters of severe acute respiratory infections with influenza sentinel surveillance, Bangladesh, 2009-2020.
Md Ariful IslamMd Zakiul HassanMohammad Abdul AleemZubair AkhtarSukanta ChowdhuryMustafizur RahmanMohammed Ziaur RahmanMd Kaousar AhmmedSyeda Mah-E-MuneerA S M AlamgirShah Niaz Rubaid AnwarAhmed Nawsher AlamTahmina ShirinMahmudur RahmanWilliam W DavisJoshua A MottEduardo Azziz-BaumgartnerFahmida ChowdhuryPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2023)
For 11 years, none of the hundreds of identified clusters led to an emergency response. The value of this event-based surveillance might be improved by seeking larger clusters, with stronger epidemiologic ties or decedents.