Influenzanet is a system to monitor the activity of influenza-like-illness (ILI) via the internet with the aid of volunteers.
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Influenzanet is a system to monitor the activity of influenza-like-illness (ILI) with the aid of volunteers via the internet
http://www.influenzanet.eu/
Developing the framework for an epidemic forecast infrastructure.
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Developing the framework for an epidemic forecast infrastructure.
http://www.epiwork.eu/
The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) bundles all research-related EU initiatives.
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InfluenzaNet is a system to monitor the activity of influenza-like-illness (ILI) with the aid of volunteers via the internet. It has been operational in The Netherlands and Belgium (since 2003), Portugal (since 2005) and Italy (since 2008), and the current objective is to implement InfluenzaNet in more European countries.
In contrast with the traditional system of sentinel networks of mainly primary care physicians coordinated by the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS), InfluenzaNet obtains its data directly from the population. This creates a fast and flexible monitoring system whose uniformity allows for direct comparison of ILI rates between countries.
Any resident of a country where InfluenzaNet is implemented can participate by completing an online application form, which contains various medical, geographic and behavioural questions. Participants are reminded weekly to report any symptoms they have experienced since their last visit. The incidence of ILI is determined on the basis of a uniform case definition.
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In contrast with the traditional system of sentinel networks of mainly primary care physicians coordinated by the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS), InfluenzaNet obtains its data directly from the population. This creates a fast and flexible monitoring system whose uniformity allows for direct comparison of ILI rates between countries.
Any resident of a country where InfluenzaNet is implemented can participate by completing an online application form, which contains various medical, geographic and behavioural questions. Participants are reminded weekly to report any symptoms they have experienced since their last visit. The incidence of ILI is determined on the basis of a uniform case definition.
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¿Qué es la gripe?
La gripe o influenza es una enfermedad infecciosa de aves y mamíferos causada por el virus del mismo nombre. La palabra gripe viene, con mucha probabilidad, del francés grippe, derivada del verbo gripper : ‘tomar’, ‘asir’, ‘coger’; enfatizando el hecho de que es una enfermedad que ataca al enfermo de manera brusca. Por su parte, el término influenza es un préstamo lingüístico del italiano, que significa influencia, ya que antaño se creía que la enfermedad se debía a la influencia de los astros(de ahí la expresión latina obscuri cieli influentia), dado que sólo se observaba durante una fase del año.
Los principales síntomas de la gripe son dolor de garganta, debilidad, malestar general, dolores musculares (mialgias) y articulares (artralgias). También suele generar dolor estomacal, de cabeza (cefalea) y de garganta, tos, estornudos y congestión nasal. Ocasionalmente, y más a menudo en niños, la gripe causa náuseas y vómitos, denominándose entonces gripe gastrointestinal. Aunque suele confundirse al principio con el resfriado común por la similitud de sus síntomas, la gripe es una enfermedad más grave y el virus que la causa es otro.
La gripe se presenta de manera estacional en Invierno, predominantemente durante los meses de Noviembre a Marzo en el hemisferio norte y de Mayo a Septiembre en el sur. Una caractrerística significativa es su elevada tasa de transmisión de persona a persona.
Maqueta del virus de la gripe. © Inserm.
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