Impact of influenza during the post-pandemic season: Epidemiological picture from syndromic and virological surveillance

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 134-136

  De Florentiis, Daniela ^a   Parodi, V ^a   Orsi, A ^a   Rossi, A ^b   Altomonte, F ^b   Canepa, P ^a   Ceravolo, A ^a   Valle, L ^a   Zancolli, M ^a   Piccotti, E ^c   Renna, S ^c   Macrina, G ^c   Martini, M ^a   Durando, P ^a,c   Padrone, D ^b   Moscatelli, P ^b   Orengo, G ^b   Icardi, G ^a,c   Ansaldi, F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pandemia; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRUS SIALIDASE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ITALY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PANDEMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80052943970     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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