Global Influenza Hospital-based Surveillance Network (GIHSN): results of surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses in hospitalised patients in Brazil, 2015.
Sonia Maria RaboniFernanda E A MouraBraulia C CaetanoValéria M AvanziLuciane A PereiraMeri B NogueiraLuine R VidalIsabel C F TavaresFlorence K PradelValentina S PicotJoan Puig-BarberaMarilda M SiqueiraPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
The active-surveillance model is a valuable tool for investigating respiratory virus impact on hospitalised patients, with influenza-infection monitoring enabling implementation of adequate preventive measures.