Infectious disease surveillance needs for the United States: lessons from COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to upgrade systems for infectious disease surveillance and forecasting and modeling of the spread of infection, both of which inform evidence-based public health guidance and policies. Here, we discuss requirements for an effective surveillance system t...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2023-11
Main Authors: Lipsitch, Marc, Bassett, Mary T, Brownstein, John S, Elliott, Paul, Eyre, David, Grabowski, M Kate, Hay, James A, Johansson, Michael, Kissler, Stephen M, Larremore, Daniel B, Layden, Jennifer, Lessler, Justin, Lynfield, Ruth, MacCannell, Duncan, Madoff, Lawrence C, Metcalf, C Jessica E, Meyers, Lauren A, Ofori, Sylvia K, Quinn, Celia, Ramos Bento, Ana I, Reich, Nick, Riley, Steven, Rosenfeld, Roni, Samore, Matthew H, Rangarajan Sampath, Slayton, Rachel B, Swerdlow, David L, Truelove, Shaun, Varma, Jay K, Grad, Yonatan H
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Language:English
Subjects:
Decisions
Dynamic models
Infectious diseases
Public health
Surveillance systems
Viral diseases
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to upgrade systems for infectious disease surveillance and forecasting and modeling of the spread of infection, both of which inform evidence-based public health guidance and policies. Here, we discuss requirements for an effective surveillance system to support decision making during a pandemic, drawing on the lessons of COVID-19 in the U.S., while looking to jurisdictions in the U.S. and beyond to learn lessons about the value of specific data types. In this report, we define the range of decisions for which surveillance data are required, the data elements needed to inform these decisions and to calibrate inputs and outputs of transmission-dynamic models, and the types of data needed to inform decisions by state, territorial, local, and tribal health authorities. We define actions needed to ensure that such data will be available and consider the contribution of such efforts to improving health equity.
ISSN:2331-8422