The 2005 Wellington influenza outbreak: Syndromic surveillance of Wellington Hospital Emergency Department activity may have provided early warning

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-294

  McLeod, Melissa ^a   Mason, Kylie ^b   White, Paul ^a   Read, Deborah ^a  

^a Regional Public Health   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Influenza; New Zealand; Outbreaks; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650446581     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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