Early spread of the 2009 infuenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the United Kingdom - use of local syndromic data, May-August 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Smith, S ^a   Smith, G E ^a   Olowokure, B ^a   Ibbotson, S ^a   Foord, D ^b   Maguire, H ^a   Pebody, R ^a   Charlett, A ^a   Hippisley Cox, J ^c   Elliot, A J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Epidemiology Unit ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79251574988     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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