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1 Enhancing Respiratory Infection Surveillance on the Arizona-Sonora Border BIDS Program Sentinel Surveillance Data Catherine Golenko, MPH, Arizona Department of Health Services

2 *Arizona border population: 1,354,780 Sonora border population: 774,525 *US US Census Data MX INEGI Census Data

3 Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) Program Assess border as a single unit Compatible case definitions Syndromic and lab surveillance Binational data sharing

4 Respiratory surveillance in Arizona Existing surveillance data sources in Arizona ILI net (Influenza-like illness in outpatient and emergency departments) ILI- Defined as fever AND cough or sore throat Lab confirmed cases (all facility types) School surveillance (influenza-like illness in sentinel schools)

5 Respiratory Surveillance Objectives During the and flu season: 1. to monitor BIDS sentinel hospital-site patients with viral respiratory testing in Pima County, AZ 2. to monitor infecting respiratory pathogens among hospitalized patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI)

6 Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Definition Case Definition For persons 5 years old: Self-reported fever or recorded fever over 100 ºF (38 C), AND Cough or sore throat, AND Requiring hospital admission For children < 5 years old: Clinical suspicion of pneumonia, AND Requiring hospital admission

7 SARI Surveillance Methods Three surveillance sites in border region of AZ Patient comes into the ER with SARI symptoms and is admitted Clinical team identifies and registers the case Physician orders BIDS panel: Nasal swab- Viral results Throat swab or lower respiratory specimen- Bacterial results Remnant Sera sample- Coccidioidomycosis antibodies All samples are sent to an independent lab in Tucson, AZ Nurse fills out case report form- sent with samples

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9 Specimen Testing Bio 5 Institute Laboratory Infectious Disease Research Core (Tucson) Naval Health Research Center Respiratory Disease Lab (San Diego) Fungal serology Coccidioidomycosis: IgG IgM Viral PCR Targets Respiratory syncytial virus: A and B Influenza: A, B, and A H1N1 Parainfluenza: 1, 2, 3, 4 Adenovirus: B and E Rhinovirus Herpes Simplex Enterovirus Human metapneumovirus Coxsackieviruses/Echovirus Coronavirus: NL63, HKU1, 229E, OC43 Bocavirus Viral PCR/Culture Targets Bacterial PCR/ Respiratory syncytial virus Culture targets Influenza subtyping: A and B B. pertussis Parainfluenza: 1, 2, 3 C. pneumo/ M. pneumo/ Adenovirus S. pneumonia Rhinovirus group A beta-hemolytic Herpes Simplex: 1 and 2 streptococcus Enterovirus (strep throat) H. influenzae Legionella Methicillin-resistent staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Cross-validation of viral results

10 Analyses Data were collected on two populations: (1) virologic data from BIDS sentinel hospital-site patients presenting with respiratory infections, and (2) hospitalized SARI patients Statistical Analyses: BIDS sentinel hospital-site virologic dataset Graph of viral results and border ILI proportion positive by epidemiologic week SARI dataset Graph of respiratory results by epidemiologic week Descriptive analyses on demographic and clinical data

11 BIDS Sentinel Hospital- Site Virologic Results vs. SARI Results

12 N=1385

13 /9 10/23 11/6 11/20 12/4 12/18 1/1 1/15 1/29 2/12 2/26 3/12 3/26 4/9 4/23 5/7 5/21 6/4 6/18 7/2 Number of Cases 7/16 7/30 8/13 8/27 9/10 9/24 Test Results Among SARI Cases for All Sites by Week, October 2010 to October 2011 Influenza A (H3, ph1) RSV A Adenovirus (ADVB) Parainfluenza (2,3) Enterovirus Rhinovirus Cocci No. SARI cases N=70 Influenza B RSV B Human Metapneumovirus Coronavirus (OC43) Coxsackieviruses/Echovirus Group A Strep Negative Week Ending

14 N=923

15 /8 10/22 11/5 11/19 12/3 12/17 12/31 1/14 1/28 2/11 2/25 3/10 3/24 4/7 4/21 5/5 5/19 6/2 6/16 Number of Cases 6/30 7/14 7/28 8/11 8/25 9/8 9/22 Test Results Among * SARI Cases for all sites Influenza A (H3, ph1) Influenza B RSV type unknown RSV A Adenovirus (ADVB) Human Metapneumoviruses A/B Parainfluenza (1, 2, 3) Coxsackieviruses/Echovirus Rhinovirus Herpes Simplex Virus H. influenzae Cocci Negative No. SARI cases (N=70) No. SARI cases (N=39) *Oct 8, June 16, 2012 Week Ending

16 BIDS Sentinel-Site vs. SARI Proportion positive by etiology BIDS Sentinel Hospital Site Positive Results (n=1723) SARI Positive Results (n=43) BIDS Sentinel Hospital Site Positive Results (n=989) SARI (n=29) Influenza 24% 19% 37% 17% RSV 36% 16% 15% 28% Rhinovirus, Coxsackie/ Echovirus 26% 21% 26% 7% Human meta-pneumo viruses 4% 2% 9% 24% Parainfluenza 6% 14% 5% 14% Coronavirus 4% 14% 5% 0%

17 SARI Surveillance Results

18 Percentage of Cases 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Percentage of SARI cases by Age Category 0-4 years 5-24 years years years 65 years and older Age Group (n=68) (n=38)

19 Race/Ethnicity of SARI Cases 1% Race/Ethnicity of SARI Cases 26% 40% 28% 44% 33% 28% N=70 N=39

20 SARI cases by Gender, SARI cases by Gender, Female 40% Male 60% Female 62% Male 38% N=70 N=39

21 Symptoms of SARI cases Percentage of cases 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% (n=70) (n=39) Symptoms

22 40% Comorbidities of SARI cases 35% Percentage of Cases 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% (n=70) (n=39) 5% 0% Comorbidities

23 Additional Analyses from the SARI dataset

24 Rapid Flu Diagnostics Subset of SARI data PCR Confirmed Flu PCR Negative Flu Total Positive Rapid Test Negative Rapid Test Total Sensitivity: 1/11 = 9% Specificity : 57/58 = 98%

25 Conclusions Benefits to public health Limitations in the data Working towards more effective comparisons and collaborations across the border Reporte Binacional de Influenza

26 Yuma 23% 2% Pima n= 5 n= % Santa Cruz Cochise 4% 4% n= 15 n= %

27 Acknowledgements Arizona BIDS sentinel sites Infectious Disease Research Core at BIO5: Dr. Wolk, MHA, Ph.D, D(ABMM); Desiree Johnson, MSB Naval Health Research Center Office of Border Health Orion McCotter, MPH Laura Erhart, MPH Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, MS K. Pogreba-Brown, MPH Frank Vanskike and Kristen Bratton, MPH students

28 Questions? Border Region Background Objectives and Methods SARI Surveillance Results BIDS Sentinel Site Results SARI Additional Analyses Conclusion

29 Influenza Vaccine Subset of SARI data Flu Positive (PCR) Flu Negative (PCR) Total Flu Vaccine* No Flu Vaccine* Total Odds Ratio (4/42)/ (7/33) = % confidence interval- (0.12, 1.66) *Self-reported

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