Acknowledgments
The authors thanks Dr. Irma Asuncion (Epidemiology Bureau), Dr. Lyndon
Lee-Suy and Dr. Gemma Arellano (Disease Prevention and Control Bureau),
and Head of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Units in Regions I,
II, III, V, VI, VII, IX, X, XI, XII and CAR, Hospital Directors of SPMC,
VSMMC, SLH, LCP and BGHMC, health center physicians, nurses, and other
health workers in the sentinel sites, the Influenza Surveillance
Officers (ISOs) in the sentinel sites and the staff of the SARI
subnational laboratories.
The authors acknowledge Ms. Ava Kristy S. Lee for her contribution
during the development and implementation of the study. To the RITM
Virology Department and Data Management Unit (DMU) for the technical
assistance and data storage. The authors also thanks Ms. Loraine Mationg
and Ms. Johanna Beulah Sornillo of the RITM Department of Epidemiology
and Biostatistics for the statistical analysis.