Invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae: The sensitivity of statutory reporting

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-35

  Domínguez, Àngela ^a,e   Bou, Ricard ^a   Carmona, Glòria ^a   Latorre, Cristina ^b   Pineda, Valentí ^c   Sanchez, Ferran ^d   Salleras, Lluís ^a  

^a Dept of Health and Social Security ^*  (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^c Pediat Dept Corporacio Sanit P   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemophilus Influenzae Invasive Disease; Sensitivity; Statutory Reporting; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE INVASIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0345097301     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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