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Domegan L, Garvey P, McEnery M, et al. Establishing a COVID-19 pandemic severity assessment surveillance system in Ireland. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021;16(1):172-177doi: 10.1111/irv.12890.
Domegan, L., Garvey, P., McEnery, M., Fiegenbaum, R., Brabazon, E., Quintyne, K. I., O'Connor, L., Cuddihy, J., & O'Donnell, J. (2022). Establishing a COVID-19 pandemic severity assessment surveillance system in Ireland. Influenza and other respiratory viruses, 16(1), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12890
Domegan, Lisa, et al. "Establishing a COVID-19 pandemic severity assessment surveillance system in Ireland." Influenza and other respiratory viruses vol. 16,1 (2022): 172-177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12890
Domegan L, Garvey P, McEnery M, Fiegenbaum R, Brabazon E, Quintyne KI, O'Connor L, Cuddihy J, O'Donnell J. Establishing a COVID-19 pandemic severity assessment surveillance system in Ireland. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 Jan;16(1):172-177. doi: 10.1111/irv.12890. Epub 2021 Oct 05. PMID: 34609049; PMCID: PMC8652866.
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Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2022 Jan;16(1):172-177. doi: 10.1111/irv.12890. Epub 2021 Oct 05.

Establishing a COVID-19 pandemic severity assessment surveillance system in Ireland.

Influenza and other respiratory viruses

Lisa Domegan, Patricia Garvey, Maeve McEnery, Rachel Fiegenbaum, Elaine Brabazon, Keith Ian Quintyne, Lois O'Connor, John Cuddihy, Joan O'Donnell

Affiliations

  1. Health Service Executive, Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
  2. European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
  3. Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive North-East, Navan, Ireland.

PMID: 34609049 PMCID: PMC8652866 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12890

Abstract

We developed a COVID-19 pandemic severity assessment (PSA) monitoring system in Ireland, in order to inform and improve public health preparedness, response and recovery. The system based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Influenza Severity Assessment (PISA) project included a panel of surveillance parameters for the following indicators: transmissibility, impact and disease severity. Age-specific thresholds were established for each parameter and data visualised using heat maps. The findings from the first pandemic wave in Ireland have shown that the WHO PISA system can be adapted for COVID-19, providing a standardised tool for early warning and monitoring pandemic severity.

© 2021 The Authors. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; pandemic severity assessment; surveillance

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