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             SOS               SERIOUS OUTCOMES SURVEILLANCE NETWORK






                                                WHAT IS SOS?











                The Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS)             SOS provides real-time, regular reports to
                Network is a hospital based surveillance          the Public Health Agency of Canada and the
              network that collects information about adults     National Advisory Committee on Immunization
              who are admitted to hospital with infl uenza or        to inform public health decision-making.
                              pneumonia.














                                                                                               PUBLICATIONS/
                 STUDIES               CO-INVESTIGATORS           STUDY LOCATIONS              PRESENTATIONS
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                                          SOS Co-Lead, Dr. Melissa Andrew, was named to the scientifi c advisory
                                          committee of the Global Infl uenza Hospital Surveillance Network.












                                                WHAT’S NEXT?

               Will look retrospectively at samples from        A new collaboration with Dr. Sunita Mulpuru, a
             previous studies to provide insight on other       respirologist in Ottawa to improve vaccination
             potentially vaccine preventable viruses that       rates, and improve health outcomes for those
              data does not currently exist for, including        with respiratory illnesses such as Chronic
                   Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).              Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
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