Evaluating Syndromic surveillance systems at institutions of higher education (IHEs): A retrospective analysis of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic at two universities

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Ying ^a   May, Larissa ^b   Stoto, Michael A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIROLOGY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960671859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-591     Document Type: Article

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