Clinical prediction rules combining signs, symptoms and epidemiological context to distinguish influenza from influenza-like illnesses in primary care: A cross sectional study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Michiels, Barbara ^a   Thomas, Isabelle ^b   Van Royen, Paul ^a   Coenen, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79651469223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-4     Document Type: Article

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