id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-263353-4mnsjbib Maman, Issaka Implementation of Influenza-like illness Sentinel Surveillance in Togo 2014-09-20 .txt text/plain 4526 228 53 The departments involved in this surveillance are the Division of Epidemiology, the National Influenza Reference Laboratory (NIL) hosted by the Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), and the sentinel sites located at the Hôpital de Bè and Military Health Services in the capital city Lomé (Figure 1) . The ILI sentinel surveillance sites were selected based on their accessibility and affordability to patients with low socioeconomic status, the qualifications of medical staff, adequate specimen storage capacity, and an established transportation system to the National Influenza Reference Laboratory (NIL). The study population included every outpatient, between April 2010 to December 2012, presenting at any of the sentinel sites and meeting the ILI case definitions regardless of age or sex and who consented to participate in the surveillance. ./cache/cord-263353-4mnsjbib.txt ./txt/cord-263353-4mnsjbib.txt