Influenza and respiratory disease surveillance: The US military's global laboratory-based network

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Jeremy Sueker, J ^a   Blazes, David L ^a   Johns, Matthew C ^a   Blair, Patrick J ^b   Sjoberg, Paul A ^c   Tjaden, Jeffrey A ^d   Montgomery, Joel M ^e   Pavlin, Julie A ^f   Schnabel, David C ^g   Eick, Angelia A ^a   Tobias, Steven ^h   Quintana, Miguel ⁱ   Vest, Kelly G ^a   Burke, Ronald L ^a   Lindler, Luther E ^a   Mansfield, Jay L ^a   Erickson, Ralph Loren ^a   Russell, Kevin L ^a   Sanchez, Jose L ^a  

^a Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^b US Naval Health Research Center   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^e California   (Peru)

^f ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

ⁱ Building 2472   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Military; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953030167     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00129.x     Document Type: Review

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