Can syndromic thresholds provide early warning of national influenza outbreaks?

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Cooper, D L ^a   Verlander, N Q ^a   Elliot, A J ^b   Joseph, C A ^a   Smith, G E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; NHS Direct; Surveillance; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SYNDROME; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66649103465     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm068     Document Type: Article

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