Epidemic intelligence activities among national public and animal health agencies: a European cross-sectional study

作者：Timothée Dub, Henna Mäkelä, Esther van Kleef, Agnès Leblond, Alizé Mercier, Viviane Hénaux, Fanny Bouyer, Aurélie Binot, Oumy Thiongane, Renaud Lancelot, Valentina Delconte, Léa Zamuner, Wim Van Bortel, Elena Arsevska · 发表于：BMC Public Health · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1186/s12889-023-16396-y · 被引用次数：12 · 研究领域：Zoonotic diseases and public health、Data-Driven Disease Surveillance、Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Epidemic Intelligence (EI) encompasses all activities related to early identification, verification, analysis, assessment, and investigation of health threats. It integrates an indicator-based (IBS) component using systematically collected surveillance data, and an event-based component (EBS), using non-official, non-verified, non-structured data from multiple sources. We described current EI practices in Europe by conducting a survey of national Public Health (PH) and Animal Health (AH) agencies. We included generic questions on the structure, mandate and scope of the institute, on the existence and coordination of EI activities, followed by a section where respondents provided a description of EI activities for three diseases out of seven disease models. Out of 81 gatekeeper agencies from 41 countries contacted, 34 agencies (42%) from 26 (63%) different countries responded, out of which, 32 conducted EI activities. Less than half (15/32; 47%) had teams dedicated to EI activities and 56% (18/34) had Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place. On a national level, a combination of IBS and EBS was the most common data source. Most respondents monitored the epidemiological situation in bordering countries, the rest of Europe and the world. EI systems were heterogeneous across countries and diseases. National IBS activities strongly relied on mandatory laboratory-based surveillance systems. The collection, analysis and interpretation of IBS information was performed manually ...