Laboratory surge response to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, New York City metropolitan area, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Crawford, James M ^a   Stallone, Robert ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Gerolimatos, Mary ^a   Korologos, Diamanto D ^a   Sweetapple, Carolyn ^a   De Geronimo, Marcella ^a   Dlugacz, Yosef ^a   Armellino, Donna M ^b   Ginocchio, Christine C ^a  

^a North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; NEW YORK CITY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SURGE CAPACITY;

EID: 73949141038     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.091167     Document Type: Review

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