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Table 1 Summary of the EI activities of the interviewees

From: Epidemic intelligence in Europe: a user needs perspective to foster innovation in digital health surveillance

Country

Sector

EI activities of the interviewees

Europe

PH

Modelling of trends and non-pharmaceutical interventions to inform risk assessment (IBS)

Detection and assessment of threats from infectious diseases (EIDs) including disease X (EI)

Detection and assessment of threats from EIDs including disease X (EI)

Detection and assessment of threats from EIDs including disease X (EI)

Italy

PH

Monitoring and risk assessment in entomology (IBS)

Surveillance of enteric pathogens (IBS)

Detection and risk assessment of EIDs threats (national EI, and IBS for VBD)

AH

Surveillance in animal health and food safety (IBS mainly)

Monitoring program about bacterial diseases, AMR, biosecurity and animal welfare (IBS)

Monitoring of West Nile disease virus and Usutu virus (IBS)

France

PH

Epidemiologic surveillance of tropical diseases: detection and risk assessment of introduction (IBS)

Management of surveillance systems for arboviroses (IBS)

Management of surveillance systems for AMR (IBS)

Surveillance of hepatitis A, E, tularaemia, and coordination of tick-borne diseases (TBD) surveillance (IBS)

AH

Coordination of the IBS groups and the EI group of the platform (EBS and IBS)

Editor of the national epidemiological bulletin (AH and food security); international EI (EBS)

Detection and assessment of threats from EIDs including disease X (international EI)

Detection of OH threats (low signals monitoring) (EBS)

Finland

PH

Preparedness, response, risk assessment (IBS)

Infectious disease consultant dedicated to the Hotline (EBS)

Investigations on bacteria and food-borne pathogens (IBS)

AH

Modelling risk assessment for animal diseases (IBS)

Serbia

PH

Surveillance, detection and reporting (IBS)

Detection and assessment of VBD (IBS)

Spain

AH

Surveillance, detection, management and elaboration of guidelines (IBS)

Management and implementation of european law in disease surveillance and VH (IBS)

Implementation of program and reporting on zoonosis and AMR for EC (IBS)

PH

Coordination and management of information system (IBS)