title: Severe acute respiratory infections surveillance in Romania - is it any gain to public health?
abstract: This article aims to present the operation and usefulness of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance in Romania. Material and methods : The information obtained from surveillance data analysis using Epilnfo program revealed a greater severity of influenza in the second post-pandemic season (2011/2012) compared to the previous one (2010/2011). Detected risk factors were evidence-based arguments for recommending preventive measures in certain population groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This surveillance system has proven useful, being able to provide information on the severity of influenza and other etiologies involved in severe acute respiratory infections.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Romania.
authors.forename: Odette
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nicolae
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Popovici
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lupulescu
authors.forename: Alina Elena
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ivanciuc
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Necula
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011634:Public Health; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index