EU/EEA Respiratory Virus Network meeting 2024

Event
12 Jun 2024 - 14 Jun 2024
ECDC

The EU/EEA Respiratory Virus Network meeting was organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control between 12 – 14 June 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting included discussions on the epidemiology and virology of respiratory viruses and experiences in conducting integrated surveillance of influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus.

Presentations

Alberto Mateo Urdiales: Using emergency department data for early warning and SARI surveillance in Italy

Anna Maisa: Surveillance of respiratory infections in France 2023-2024

AnnaSara Carnahan: Surveillance of severe influenza and COVID-19 in Sweden

Carlos Carvalho: EHR-based SARI surveillance in the EU/EEA updates and plans for the future

Danija Malceva: Surveillance of influenza and other acute respiratory infections, Latvia

David Kuti: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hungarian surveillance

Eeva Broberg: EU case definitions for respiratory viruses 

Joan O'Donnelll: Surveillance of other respiratory pathogens 2023-2024 winter season, Ireland

Joel Mossong: RSV surveillance in Luxembourg and impact of nirsevimab on hospitalizations during 2023/24 season

Katarina Prosenc Trilar, Anne Teirlinck: Defining RSV qualitative indicators in PROMISE and experiences from their implementation in Slovenia

Laurane De Mot: RESPI-RADAR a Belgian tool to monitor respiratory infections

Lisa Domegan: RSV surveillance in Ireland-preparing for RSV immunisation programmes

Luisa Hallmaier-Wacker, James Fielding: The first season of ERVISS: challenges and lessons learned drafting an integrated summary

Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti: Genotyping and phenotypic testing of RSV

Mariëtte Hooiveld: Pneumonia in children 2023/24

Nick Bundle: Developing integrated respiratory surveillance systems in the EU/EEA -an update

Nick Bundle: EU/EEA level RSV surveillance data and opportunities 

Olav Hungnes: How to count weekly infections when patients are tested more than once?

Piers Mook, Luisa Hallmaier-Wacker: Qualitative indicators for surveillance: past, present, and future directions

Ruth Harvey: Virological analyses for influenza virus infections in 2023/2024

Silke Buda: Severe viral respiratory disease surveillance

Silke Buda, Kristin Tolksdorf: Weekly ARI reporting at RKI, Germany

Susana Monge: Estimating effectiveness and impact of nirsevimab using sentinel surveillance data in Spain