Attempted early detection of influenza A (H1N1) pandemic with surveillance data of influenza-like illness and unexplained pneumonia

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Qian, Yan Hua ^a   Su, Jing ^b   Shi, Ping ^a   He, En Qi ^a   Shao, Jie ^a   Sun, Na ^a   Zu, Rong Qiang ^c   Yu, Rong Bin ^a,b  

^a Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Control chart; Early detection; Influenza; Serfling method; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80054789324     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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