Global monitoring of influenza: Potential contribution of national networks from a French perspective

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Flahault, Antoine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; Electronic disease surveillance; Influenza pandemic; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745209657     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.4.3.387     Document Type: Article

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