Woyessa, Abyot Bekele
Mengesha, Mesfin
Belay, Desalegn
Tayachew, Adamu
Ayele, Workenesh
Beyene, Berhane
Kassa, Woubayehu
Zemelak, Etsehiwot
Demissie, Gelila
Amare, Berhanu
Boulanger, Lucy
Granados, Carolina
Williams, Thelma
Tareke, Israel
Rajatonirina, Soatiana
Jima, Daddi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-RFA-IP11-110302CNT12-CoAg: U51IP000600)
Article History
Received: 12 April 2018
Accepted: 29 August 2018
First Online: 3 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This surveillance data analysis was considered to be part of routine surveillance by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute to early detect, communicate and respond to the increment of cases. The institute is mandated to conduct public health surveillance and outbreak investigation by Council of Ministers [CitationRef removed]. In addition this study was conducted based on national Influenza Sentinel surveillance protocol [CitationRef removed]. The National Influenza reference laboratory at Ethiopian Public Health Institute is mandated to provide laboratory support for influenza surveillance and investigation. We officially request Influenza surveillance data from 2009 to 2015 from Ethiopian Public Health Institute. This analysis is part of the routine surveillance activities. We therefore, did not seek additional ethical clearance and it is not needed. Unwritten consent was obtained from each patient who provided throat swab specimen up on informing the objectives of the study.
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