Computerized general practice based networks yield comparable performance with sentinel data in monitoring epidemiological time-course of influenza-like illness and acute respiratory illness

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Truyers, Carla ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^b,c   Bartholomeeusen, Stefaan ^a   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Snacken, René ^d   Brochier, Bernard ^d   Yane, Fernande ^d   Buntinx, Frank ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPUTER NETWORK; E-MAIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BELGIUM; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77951247550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-24     Document Type: Article

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