Absence of influenza A(H1N1) during seasonal and pandemic seasons in a sentinel nursing home surveillance network in the Netherlands

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2301-2305

  Enserink, Remko ^a   Meijer, Adam ^b   Dijkstra, Frederika ^a   Van Benthem, Birgit ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^c   Haenen, Anja ^a   Van Delden, Hans ^d   Cools, Herman ^e   Van Der Sande, Marianne ^a,d   Veldman Ariesen, Marie Jose ^a  

^a Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

influenza; influenza like illness; nursing home; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84155162503     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03715.x     Document Type: Article

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