Review of an influenza surveillance system, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1603-1608

  Yang, Peng ^a   Duan, Wei ^a   Lv, Min ^a   Shi, Weixian ^a   Peng, Xiaoming ^a   Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Lu, Yanning ^a   Liang, Huijie ^a   Seale, Holly ^b   Pang, Xinghuo ^a   Wang, Quanyi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349976993     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1510.081040     Document Type: Review

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