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Annual General Meeting April 26, 2008

Annual General Meeting April 26, 2008. Jim Dickinson. Welcome!. The TARRANT Research Group. Karen Rivera Krista Wilkinson Emily Medd. Sentinel Physician. Where are our sentinels?. Weekly Reports. Summaries, Interpretations, Recommendations. Information Loop of TARRANT Surveillance Data.

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Annual General Meeting April 26, 2008

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  1. Annual General MeetingApril 26, 2008 Jim Dickinson Welcome!

  2. The TARRANT Research Group • Karen Rivera • Krista Wilkinson • Emily Medd

  3. Sentinel Physician

  4. Where are our sentinels?

  5. Weekly Reports Summaries,Interpretations,Recommendations Information Loop of TARRANT Surveillance Data Provincial Lab TARRANT sentinel physicians TARRANT Central Office Other data sources Local Health Regions Alberta Health Health Canada WHO

  6. Influenza-like Illness (ILI) Visits to TARRANT Sentinel Physicians by Week in 2007/08 Compared to Historical Data from the Previous 12 Influenza Seasons

  7. Percentage of Sentinels Responding by Week for the 2006/07 and 2007/08 Influenza Seasons

  8. Vaccine Effectiveness Study 2007/08 • 572 swabs with requisition forms submitted by sentinels between 11/01/2007 and 4/21/08 • 672 ILI visits to sentinels from 11/01/2007 to 04/19/2008 • Approximately 85% of all patients who presented with ILI were swabbed • Study extended to May 31 due to sustained influenza activity in Alberta

  9. Strain Characterization 2007/08 2007/08 Trivalent Vaccine A/Solomon Islands (H1N1) A/Wisconsin (H3N2) B/Malaysia

  10. Number of Influenza A and Influenza B Positive Isolates by Month, 2007/08 Influenza Season

  11. Now, on with the show!

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