Has estimation of numbers of cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 in England in 2009 provided a useful measure of the occurrence of disease?

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Evans, Barry ^a   Charlett, Andre ^a   Powers, Cassandra ^a   Mclean, Estelle ^a   Zhao, Hongxin ^a   Bermingham, Alison ^a   Smith, Gillian ^b   Wreghitt, Tim ^c   Andrews, Nick ^a   Pebody, Richard ^a   Watson, John M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HPA West Midlands   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case number estimation; England; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY CARE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80054786959     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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