将COVID-19测试纳入加纳现有的ILI监测系统
Ernest Kenu1, Delia Akosua Bandoh1, Ivy Asantewaa Asante2
1Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Accra, Ghana.
PLOS global public health
|January 21, 2026
概括
加纳将COVID-19监测集成到其现有的流感样疾病 (ILI) 系统中,以优化资源使用. 这种灵活的方法成功地将SARS-CoV-2测试与ILI监测相结合,提高了疾病监测效率.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染病监测 传染病监测 传染病
背景情况:
- 类似流感的疾病 (ILI) 和COVID-19具有相似的症状,需要综合监测.
- 世界卫生组织建议将COVID-19监测合并到已建立的ILI系统中,以优化资源.
研究的目的:
- 描述将SARS-CoV-2监测集成到加纳现有的ILI监测系统中的过程.
- 加强加纳的疾病监测效率和资源利用.
主要方法:
- 来自加纳卫生服务,国家流感中心和加纳大学的参与利益相关者.
- 修改了ILI病例调查表格,以包括额外的症状和COVID-19风险暴露.
- 在实验室中测试了所有ILI标本的SARS-CoV-2.
- 在全国推广到29个哨戒站点之前,在24个站点试行了综合系统.
主要成果:
- 综合ILI/SARS-CoV-2监测系统于2021年6月在全国范围内推出.
- 在2021年6月16日至9月10日期间,对1520个疑似流感样本进行了SARS-CoV-2检测.
- 在1520个样本中,297个 (19.5%) 检测出SARS-CoV-2阳性.
结论:
- 加纳的ILI监控系统表现出灵活性,促进了COVID-19监控的成功整合.
- 持续的谨慎监督至关重要,以确保从哨戒地点持续提交每周的样本,以便进行持续的测试.
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