Epidemiological and clinical comparison of influenza virus infections including meteorological parameters affecting influenza activity in the Philippines, 2006–2012

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s / International Journal of Infectious Diseases 79(S1) (2019) 1-150 95 enveloppe protein indicated that the virus belongs to the Cosmopolitan gentype and highly homologous to the virus dstrains from the 2016 outbreak in Burkina Faso.Conclusion: Our result suggests that there is an evident risk of autochtonous transmission of DENV in Morocco in the future. Purpose:The AIRSAN Project, amongst other objectives, aimed to facilitate the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) in EU Member-States. Many organizations (e.g. WHO, IATA, ICAO) developed useful documents to support IHR implementation in the aviation sector. We aimed to list these documents and find a reasonable way to make their contents quickly accessible. Methods & Materials:We created a searchable Excel-based list, the 'AIRSAN Bibliography'. Only documents issued by international organizations about public health in the aviation sector were included. Structural data, e.g. issuing organizations, were compiled. Moreover, we defined 33 IHR relevant keywords, e.g. emergency planning, training, isolation. Two scientists reviewed the documents and systematically indexed all pages including information about the keywords. To allow a distinction between more or less detailed text passages, we assigned a score from 1-4 (indicating the level of detail) to each keyword specific page; the higher the score, the more relevant information could be found in the text passage.Results: The AIRSAN Bibliography includes 77 documents, issued by 8 international organizations. The practical use can be illustrated by the following example: an emergency plan needs to be developed or revised. The search for the keyword "emergency planning" lists 32 documents, with references to pages that contain keyword specific information. Overall, 12 of the 32 documents enclose information of the highest level of detail which means that they are key documents in the area of emergency planning in the aviation sector.Conclusion: The AIRSAN Bibliography makes public health action-orientated information in the aviation sector quickly accessible for practical use. We integrated it into our website (www. airsan.eu) and expect that this new tool will facilitate intra-sectoral collaboration. The AIRSAN Bibliography eases not only implementation of the IHR but also of the EU-Decision on serious cross-border threats to health.