New methodology for estimating the burden of infectious diseases in Europe

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,b   Mangen, Marie Josée J ^b   Pinheiro, Paulo ^c   Jahn, Beate ^d,e   Fèvre, Eric M ^f   Longhi, Silvia ^g   Lai, Taavi ^h,i   Havelaar, Arie H ^a,j   Stein, Claudia ^k   Cassini, Alessandro ^l   Kramarz, Piotr ^l  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e Oncotyrol Center for Personalized Cancer Medicine   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^j UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^l EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ZOONOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84860176901     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001205     Document Type: Article

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