Surveillance of International Travel of COVID-19 Cases (SuITCases) in England

IF 4.2 4区医学 Q1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI:10.1111/irv.70141

Mary A. Sinnathamby, Katherine Twohig, Nurin Abdul Aziz, Florence Halford, Asad Zaidi, Katie Harman, Simon Thelwall, Alex Allen, Gavin Dabrera

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Abstract

Introduction

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants necessitated identification of travel-associated COVID-19 cases in England.

Methods

We implemented a novel integrated COVID-19-episode-level travel surveillance system, Surveillance of International COVID-19 Cases (SuITCases), to assign imported, sporadic or unknown travel status to COVID-19 cases, using data linkage between two enhanced and two routine data sources.

Results

SuITCases identified 517,988 travel-associated SARS-CoV-2 episodes (3.0% of total), where the two enhanced systems assigned most travel statuses.

Conclusions

Our unique system facilitated rapid identification of travel-associated COVID-19 cases, reducing transmission and informing public health actions. Enhanced surveillance data sources should be considered as potential tools for future outbreak investigations and pandemic preparedness.

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英国COVID-19病例（箱）国际旅行监测

随着SARS-CoV-2变体的出现，英国有必要确定与旅行相关的COVID-19病例。方法利用两个增强数据源和两个常规数据源之间的数据链接，实施了一种新型的COVID-19事件级综合旅行监测系统“国际COVID-19病例监测（手提箱）”，对COVID-19病例进行输入、散发或未知旅行状态的分配。结果手提箱确定了517,988例与旅行相关的SARS-CoV-2发作（占总数的3.0%），其中两个增强系统分配了大多数旅行状态。我们独特的系统有助于快速识别与旅行相关的COVID-19病例，减少传播并为公共卫生行动提供信息。应考虑将加强监测数据源作为未来疫情调查和大流行防范的潜在工具。

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Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 医学-病毒学

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

4.50%

发文量

120

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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