Importance of routine public health influenza surveillance: Detection of an unusual W-shaped influenza morbidity curve

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1533-1540

  Georgantopoulos, Peter ^a   Bergquist, Eleanor Peters ^a   Knaup, Richard C ^a   Anthony, John R ^a   Bailey, Thomas C ^b   Williams, Michael P ^a   Lawrence, Steven J ^b,c  

^a St Louis County Department of Health   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; Influenza, human; Population surveillance; Public health

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LOUIS COUNTY [MISSOURI]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549171450     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp305     Document Type: Article

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