Community Acute Respiratory Infection (CARI) surveillance in primary care
End of season analysis November 2021 to September 2022
An Experimental Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 25 April 2023
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents a summary analysis of all samples submitted for the respiratory surveillance for the 2021 to 2022 season.
Further information
The Community Acute Respiratory Infection (CARI) surveillance programme was established in Scotland in November 2021, replacing the multicomponent programme that was in place for enhanced surveillance of COVID-19. CARI is an integrated sentinel community (primary care) surveillance programme for SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other respiratory infections caused by RSV, adenovirus, coronavirus (non SARS CoV-2), human metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza and mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Data derived from CARI samples produced a continuous stream of surveillance data that was routinely shared with clinicians and policy-makers during the 2021/2022 season.
This report presents a summary analysis of all 3,905 samples submitted for respiratory surveillance, including trends in swab positivity, levels of circulating pathogens and symptoms analysis.
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Versions of this publication released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.