The contribution of respiratory pathogens to the seasonality of NHS Direct calls

Journal of Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-248

  Cooper, D L ^a   Smith, G E ^a   Edmunds, W J ^a   Joseph, C ^a   Gerard, E ^b   George, R C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Direct   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; Linear regression; NHS Direct; Respiratory pathogens; Seasonality; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; COXIELLA BURNETII; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ENGLAND; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WALES;

EID: 34547866147     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.04.353     Document Type: Article

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