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Acknowledgments
This generic protocol was adapted from the protocol entitled “Prospective longitudinal cohort study
of influenza infection during epidemic periods” by the Consortium for the Standardisation for
Influenza Seroepidemiology (CONSISE). CONSISE is a global partnership aiming to develop influenza
investigation protocols and standardise seroepidemiology to inform public health policy for
pandemic, zoonotic and seasonal influenza. This international partnership was created out of a need,
identified during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, for better (standardised, validated) seroepidemiological
data to estimate infection attack rates and severity of the pandemic virus and to inform policy
decisions.
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