What is it about?
Our paper describes how we developed virology dashboards. Thee dashboards were used in primary care and public health practice in England. They provided interactive data visualisations about the positive viruses that people tested for in general practice. The dashboards were also tailored to meet the needs of general practice doctors, public health practitioners, and internal teams.
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Why is it important?
The project is important because it achieved a key aim of modernising reports. The dashboards provide information about where viruses are circulating, at what time, and for what patient characteristics. This information helps clinicians and policymakers make evidence-based decisions early to protect the most vulnerable from severe outcomes of infection. Vulnerabilities may be associated with a weaker immune system because of a variety factors including: older age, comorbid conditions, pregnancy, newborn, or not being vaccinated against flu.
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I recall the times to catch-up with friends at school, but also the coughs and sneezes. I would often experience flu-like symptoms and I have underlying asthma. It would have been so insightful to have had a nose and throat swab sample taken, to know if I tested positive for a particular virus.
Cecilia Rago
University of Oxford
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This page is a summary of: Respiratory virology dashboards for primary care and public health insight in England, PLOS One, September 2026, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0357287.
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