Experience and lessons from surveillance and studies of the 2009 pandemic in Europe

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-23

  Nicoll, A ^a   Ammon, A ^a   Amato, A ^a   Ciancio, B ^a   Zucs, P ^a   Devaux, I ^a   Plata, F ^a   Mazick, A ^b   Molbak K ^b   Asikainen, T ^a   Kramarz, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Europe; Pandemic influenza; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 76449103387     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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