Influenzanet is a system to monitor the activity of influenza-like-illness (ILI) with the aid of volunteers via the internet

http://www.influenzanet.info/

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Developing the framework for an epidemic forecast infrastructure.
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Participating countries and volunteers:

The Netherlands 0
Belgium 0
Portugal 1280
Italy 4882
Great Britain 0
Sweden 3559
Germany 0
 Austria 0
 Switzerland 1421
 France 4933
Spain 1038
Ireland 164
Denmark 3199
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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International Partners

Portugal
Project leader: Ricardo Mexia, Instituto National de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal

ricardo.mexia [at] insa.min-saude.pt

Italy
Project leader: Daniela Paolotti, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy

info [at] influweb.it

United Kingdom
Project leader: Richard Peabody, Public Health England, London, UK

webmaster [at] flusurvey.org.uk

Sweden
Project leader: Edward van Straten, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden

edward.van.straten [at] folkhalsomyndigheten.se

France
Project leader: Vittoria Colizza, Institut National de la Santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris, France

vittoria.colizza [at] inserm.fr

Spain
Project leader: Yamir Moreno, Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

yamir.moreno [at] gmail.com

Ireland
Project leader: Jim Duggan, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

jim.duggan [at] nuigalway.ie

Switzerland
Project leader: Antoine Flahault, Institute for Global Health, Geneva, Switzerland

Antoine.Flahault [at] unige.ch

Denmark
Project leader: Charlotte Kjelsø, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen

JEL [at] ssi.dk