Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) of COVID-19 and Influenza – Tender Specifications OJ/2021/DPR/12924  methodology and case definitions as described in the protocol. The contractor is  expected to ensure specimen collection, processing, and use of diagnostic assays  for primary diagnostics.  Task 5: Summarize findings related to surveillance and to studies  The study results should be reported in an extensive format to be agreed with ECDC. Scientific publications will also be part of the final outputs of the study  and will need to be discussed and agreed with ECDC beforehand including authorship.  Deliverable (DL)  Description  Estimated  frequency/ Volume  File / form at type  DL 5.5.1. Annual report  and manuscript on  COVID-19 VE among  outpatients  The contractor shall draft annual reports and scientific manuscripts to be  submitted to peer-reviewed biomedical journals for open access on COVID-19 VE.  The report should present incidence rates of disease occurrence in vaccinated  and non-vaccinated cohorts, which should be stratified by variables of interest  (e.g. vaccine brand or type (if applicable), country, age group, gender, time since  vaccination, virus lineage/clade and other relevant subject characteristics).  Manuscripts shall be approved by ECDC prior to submission to a journal.  Once a year, at the  end of each  specific contract  Word - ECDC template  DL 5.5.2. Annual report  and manuscript on  influenza VE among  outpatients The contractor shall draft annual reports and scientific manuscripts to be  submitted to peer-reviewed biomedical journals for open access on seasonal  influenza.  The report should present incidence rates of disease occurrence in vaccinated  and non-vaccinated cohorts, which should be stratified by variables of interest  (e.g. vaccine brand or type (if applicable), country, age group, gender, time since  vaccination, virus lineage/clade and other relevant subject characteristics).  Manuscripts shall be approved by ECDC prior to submission to a journal.  Once a year, at the  end of each  specific contract  Word - ECDC template  DL 5.5.3. Draft review  manuscript on  influenza or COVID-19  VE or methods for  The contractor shall draft scientific manuscripts to be submitted to peer- reviewed biomedical journals for open access on methodological issues or  reviews on relevant, VE-related topics.  Once a year, at the  end of each  specific contract  Word 