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posted on 2021-08-17, 10:25 authored by Alan J Hay, John W McCauleyIn the centenary year of the devastating 1918-19 pandemic, it seems opportune to reflect on the success of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) initiated 70 years ago to provide early warning of changes in influenza viruses circulating in the global population to help mitigate the consequences of such a pandemic and maintain the efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccines. Three pandemics later and in the face of pandemic threats from highly pathogenic zoonotic infections by different influenza A subtypes, it continues to represent a model platform for global collaboration and timely sharing of viruses, reagents and information to forestall and respond to public health emergencies.
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GISRS, global influenza surveillance and response systeminfluenzasurveillance , WHOCommunicable Disease ControlEpidemicsEpidemiological MonitoringGlobal HealthHumansInfluenza, HumanInternational CooperationOrthomyxoviridaeWorld Health OrganizationMcCauley FC001030WIC1103 Clinical Sciences1117 Public Health and Health ServicesVirology