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Activity Title: Seasonal Influenza: Global Burden, Prevention and the impact of COVID-19 on Surveillance and Transmission

Release Date: April 27, 2021

Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 70 minutes

Statement of Need:
WHO estimates that seasonal influenza may result in 290,000 – 650,000 deaths each year due to respiratory diseases alone. This estimate does not take into account deaths from other diseases such as cardiovascular disease, which can be influenza-related. Surveillance and laboratory studies of all influenza-related diseases are ongoing and are expected to reveal substantially higher estimates of disease burden. Experts provide updates on global influenza surveillance efforts and estimated burden of disease. They  discuss the importance of country-level influenza estimates to inform national and global preparedness, prevention and control efforts and they highlight remaining gaps. The clinical, social, and economic advances gained from expanded access and uptake of influenza vaccines are addressed and the lack of reliable data on the possible impact of vaccination among specific high-risk groups is highlighted.  

The full impact of COVID-19 and nonpharmaceutical interventions on seasonal influenza remains to be determined. Experts discuss questions around the impact of COVID-19 on influenza surveillance, the role of genomic sequencing for influenza surveillance as a way to better understand disease spread and improve prevention efforts and what to expect during the next influenza season. 

Faculty:

Dr. Ann R. Falsey, MD
Professor of Medicine,  University of Rochester School of Medicine
 
Professor Bruno Lina
Professor of Virology in the Université de Lyon, head of the Virology lab of the Hospices Civils de Lyon, director of the French National Reference Centre for respiratory viruses (including Influenza), director of the French National Reference Centre for Enterovirus, and head of the « VIRPATH» team in the CIRI INSERM, CNRS and Université de Lyon research centre.

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Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to:

  • State the impact of seasonal influenza on deaths resulting from respiratory diseases and deaths from other diseases such as cardiovascular disease, which can be influenza-related
  • Discuss current and ongoing surveillance and laboratory studies of all influenza-related diseases which are expected to reveal substantially higher estimates of the disease burden
  • Describe updates on global influenza surveillance efforts and the estimated burden of disease.
  • Explain the importance of country-level influenza estimates to inform national and global preparedness, prevention and control efforts
  • Summarize the clinical, social, and economic advances gained from expanded access and uptake of influenza vaccines and the lack of reliable data on the possible impact of vaccination among specific high-risk groups 
  • Recognize that the full impact of COVID-19 and nonpharmaceutical interventions on seasonal influenza remains to be determined. 
  • Discuss the impact of COVID-19 on influenza surveillance
  • Describe the role of genomic sequencing for influenza surveillance as a way to better understand disease spread and improve prevention efforts 
  • Relate what to expect during the next influenza season.

 Physicians, nurses, public health officials, researchers, and other health professionals

The World Health Organization – Tools to measure Influenza Disease Burden: https://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/bod/en/
 
Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33293-2/fulltext
 
Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6937a6.htm
 
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – Seasonal Influenza. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza

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Activity Staff Disclosures:

The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, or other members at the International Society for Infectious Diseases who control content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

ISID Knowledge Exchange and E-Learning Platform Organizing Committee members are listed here along with Committee members’ disclosure forms. 

Faculty Disclosures:

Professor Bruno Lina has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation

Dr. Ann F. Falsey's disclosures:
Grants/Research Support:  Pfizer, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Astra Zeneca, BioFire Diagnostics
Honoraria/Consultation fees: Novavax - DSMB 

Moderator Disclosures:

Prof. Patricio Acosta and Dr. Thérèse Umuhoza have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation

Prof. Zamberi Sekawi:
Grants/Research Support: Sanofi Pasteur
Honoraria/Consultation Fees: Sanofi Pasteur, Pfizer
Company Sponsored Speakers Bureau: Sanofi Pasteur

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