Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Respiratory Virus Sentinel Surveillance, California, USA, May 10, 2020-June 12, 2021

State and local health departments established the California Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Respiratory Virus Sentinel Surveillance System to conduct enhanced surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens at sentinel outpatient testing sites in 10 counties throughout California, USA. We describe results obtained during May 10, 2020‒June 12, 2021, and compare persons with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR results by using Poisson regression. We detected SARS-CoV-2 in 1,696 (19.6%) of 8,662 specimens. Among 7,851 specimens tested by respiratory panel, rhinovirus/enterovirus was detected in 906 (11.5%) specimens and other respiratory pathogens in 136 (1.7%) specimens. We also detected 23 co-infections with SARS-CoV-2 and another pathogen. SARS-CoV-2 positivity was associated with male participants, an age of 35-49 years, Latino race/ethnicity, obesity, and work in transportation occupations. Sentinel surveillance can provide useful virologic and epidemiologic data to supplement other disease monitoring activities and might become increasingly useful as routine testing decreases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 28(2022), 1 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 9-19

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cooksey, Gail L Sondermeyer [VerfasserIn]
Morales, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Linde, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Schildhauer, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Guevara, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Gibb, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Jessie [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Bonin, Brandon J [VerfasserIn]
Arizmendi, Olivia [VerfasserIn]
Lam-Hine, Tracy [VerfasserIn]
Tzvieli, Ori [VerfasserIn]
McDowell, Ann [VerfasserIn]
Kampen, Kirstie M [VerfasserIn]
Lopez, Denise L [VerfasserIn]
Ennis, Josh [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Linda S [VerfasserIn]
Oren, Eyal [VerfasserIn]
Hatada, April [VerfasserIn]
Molinar, Blanca [VerfasserIn]
Frederick, Matt [VerfasserIn]
Han, George S [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez, Martha [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
McGrath, Alana [VerfasserIn]
Le, Nga Q [VerfasserIn]
Boyd, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Bertolucci, Regina M [VerfasserIn]
Corrigan, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Brodine, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Austin, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Roach, William R K [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Tyson, Brian M [VerfasserIn]
Pry, Jake M [VerfasserIn]
Cummings, Kristin J [VerfasserIn]
Wadford, Debra A [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Seema [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
California
Coronavirus disease
Coronaviruses
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Respiratory infections
Respiratory viruses
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Sentinel surveillance
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
United States
Viruses
Zoonoses

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.01.2022

Date Revised 15.09.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2801.211682

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334684544