Data on epidemic viruses
acute respiratory illness, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza
ADENOVIRUS, VIRUS, PARAINFLUENZA, RHINOVIRUS, DISEASE, ENTEROVIRUS, INFLUENZA, CORONAVIRUS, DISEASE, INFLUENZA
The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has been conducting national surveillance for respiratory virus through the Korea Influenza and Respiratory Viruses Surveillance System (KINRRESS) since 2000. This system comprises two surveillance components: specimen-based and clinical surveillance systems. The former collects data from patients who visited outpatient clinics with acute respiratory illness at 52 designated sentinel sites. The latter gathers data from patients with severe disease who are admitted to hospitals. This nationwide surveillance system reports the weekly number of detected cases and positive rates of eight respiratory viruses including influenza virus, adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, human coronavirus, human rhinovirus, human bocavirus, and human enterovirus using the multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).These data are accessible to everyone on the KDCA website (