Table 1.
Sentinel site profile, WHO RSV surveillance, 2017‐18
| Age‐group under surveillance | Patients under surveillance | # sentinel sites | Start of surveillance |
No. tested (% hospitalized) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | All ages | Inpatient | 6 | 2016 wk52 | 1214 (99%) |
| Australia | 0‐18 y | Inpatient | 1 | 2017 wk31 | 1560 (100%) |
| Brazil | All ages | Inpatient | 2 | 2017 wk03 | 727 (91%) |
| Canada | 0‐16 y | Inpatient | 12 | 2017 wk34 | 2178a (100%) |
| Chile | All ages | Inpatient | 2 | 2017 wk01 | 883 (100%) |
| Côte d'Ivoire | All ages | Inpatient + Outpatient | 9 | 2017 wk01 | 1772 (36%) |
| Egypt | All ages | Inpatient | 4 | 2017 wk01 | 1194 (100%) |
| India | All ages | Inpatient + Outpatient | 11 | 2017 wk01 | 1537 (82%) |
| Mongolia | All ages | Inpatient + Outpatient | 7 | 2017 wk02 | 1175 (89%) |
| Mozambique | All ages | Inpatient + Outpatient | 4 | 2017 wk01 | 969 (76%) |
| Russian Federation | All ages | Inpatient | 18 | 2016 wk52 | 1648 (100%) |
| South Africa | All ages | Inpatient | 5 | 2017 wk01 | 3409 (100%) |
| Thailand | All ages | Inpatient + Outpatient | 11 | 2017 wk01 | 2752 (53%) |
| United Kingdomb | Pediatric | Inpatient | 6 | 2017 wk39 | 2381c (0%) |
| All ages | Outpatient | 70 GPs |
Abbreviations: GP, general practitioners; wk, weeks; y, years.
a
Canada has reported data for laboratory‐confirmed RSV‐positive cases only from 11 of its 12 sentinel sites.
b
Surveillance is restricted to England only.
c
The United Kingdom has reported case‐based data for outpatient surveillance only.