Linking syndromic surveillance with virological self-sampling

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-224

  Cooper, Duncan L ^a   Smith, G E ^a   Chinemana, F ^b   Joseph, C ^a   Loveridge, P ^a   Sebastionpillai, P ^a   Gerard, E ^b   Zambon, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Direct   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SELF-EXAMINATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049125240     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008412     Document Type: Article

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