Table 1.

Summary of influenza surveillance in tropical Asia

Country	Date started	sites	ILI/SARI	Able to mesure burden of disease	Data Published	Submitted to WHO FluID/FluNet
Middle East
Saudi Arabia	2004	6 ILI and SARI sites; 2 temporary Hajj sites	Both	X	X	X
Oman	2001	14 ILI and SARI sites	Both	X	√	√
Northern Asia
Hong Kong	Early 90s	64 public out-patient clinics, 40 private practice clinics for ILI; all hospitals for SARI	Both	√	√	√
Taiwan	1999	12 sites; hospitals participating in Real-Time Outbreak & disease Surveillance	Both	√	√	X
Myanmar	2005	7 ILI and SARI sites, only in major cities	Both	√	X	√
Laos	2007	3 hospitals in & around the capital city	Both	X	X	√
Thailand	2004	13 Medical Centers all over the country, ILI in >900 hospitals & health centers	Both	√	√	√
Vietnam	2005	4 central referral hospitals, 2 provincial hospitals, 7 district hospitals, 2 urban polyclinics	Both	X	X	√
Southern Asia
Bangladesh	2007	6 government, 6 private medical hospitals; 14 district hospitals	Both	√	√	√
India	2004	7 centers for ILI & SARI	Both	√	X	√
Sri Lanka	2007	20 ILI sites, 3 SARI sites	Both	X	X	√
South East Asia & South Pacific
Cambodia	2006	2 hospitals for SARI, 5 out-patient sites for ILI	ALRI, ILI	X	X	√
Philippines	2005	34 sites for ILI; 5 sites in 1 city for SARI	Both	√	√	√
Malaysia	2003	16 sentinel private clinics in the central part of the capital	ILI	X	√	√
Singapore	1973	98 private clinics, 18 public clinics for ILI, all hospitals for SARI	Both	√	√	√
Indonesia	1975	44 sentinel sites	Both	X	√	√
New Caledonia	1998	9 sentinel sites	Both	√	√	√

X = no √ = yes