Influenza-like Illness Monitoring
Reports
Project
Each year, a flu epidemic occurs. Three or four times a century , a pandemic takes place caused by a new influenza virus. The type of the virus that circulates and the vulnerability of the population determine the severity of the epidemic or pandemic. That is why a flu surveillance should be organised every year. In Belgium, Sciensano (Scientific Institute of Public Health) manages the existing surveillanceand controlled by the Federation Wallonia-Brussel, the Flemish Agency for Care and Health of the Flemish Community, and the Brussels Common Community Commission. The objectives of the flu surveillance are:
- To describe the epidemic over time (i.e. to design the epidemic curve) and per age groups;
- To identify the circulating viruses and their main characteristics;
- To evaluate the severity and impact of the epidemic in the population.
Links
- NL – Vaccinatie tegen seizoensgebonden griep – Winterseizoen 2016-2017
- FR – Vaccination contre la grippe saisonnière – Saison hivernale 2016-2017
- flunewseurope.org
- WHO influenza
- ECDC Weekly Influenza Surveillance Overview (WISO)
- Belgian mortality monitoring
- vaccination-info.be
- sante.cfwb.be
- zorg-en-gezondheid.be
- Sciensano.be
Contact
Epidemiological data
- Nathalie Bossuyt, MD: nathalie.bossuyt@wiv-isp.be
- Dieter Van Cauteren: Dieter.VanCauteren@sciensano.be
Virological data
- Isabelle Thomas, DMV PhD: isabelle.thomas@wiv-isp.be
- Cyril Barbezange, DMV PhD : cyril.barbezange@wiv-isp.be