Real-time surveillance for respiratory disease outbreaks, Ontario, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 799-801

  Van Dijk, Adam ^a,b   Aramini, Jeff ^a   Edge, Graham ^a   Moore, Kieran M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Syndromic Surveillance Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MONITORING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TELEHEALTH; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 66149089946     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081174     Document Type: Article

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