Surveillance of influenza-like illness in France. The example of the 1995/1996 epidemic

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Carrat, Fabrice ^a   Flahault, Antoine ^a   Boussard, Eric ^a   Farran, Nathalie ^a   Dangoumau, Laure ^a   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031725987     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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