Integrated respiratory virus surveillance 2025 - AURORAEThis is a webinar on concept and main features of integrated respiratory virus surveillance on the example of the German respiratory virus surveillance programme. This training activity is part of the AURORAE training programme which has the objective to support countries in building capacities in the areas of diagnosis, detection, identification and characterisation of primarily influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses.
Dates and duration: 2-hour webinar on 4 March 2025 14:00-16:00 CET.
Location: Online.
Audience: The webinar is designed for beginner to intermediate learners with previous knowledge of and working experience with laboratory techniques. The participants should be or plan to be involved in the microbiological surveillance of influenza, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, or other viral respiratory pathogens.
Objectives: After completing this training, the participants should be able to:
- Understand the concept and relevance of integrated respiratory virus surveillance.
- Explain acute respiratory infections (ARI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) and related symptomatic case definitions.
- Describe exemplary specimen flow and laboratory algorithms for testing.
- Understand importance of using validated/verified laboratory tests with appropriate multiplexing to optimise the testing algorithm.
- Describe advantages and limitations of primary and secondary care sentinel surveillance versus laboratory surveillance of all cases.
- Utilize ERVISS.org as web-based surveillance platform for European respiratory virus surveillance data.
Participation: This training will open for self-enrolment 2 weeks in advance.