Evaluating the New York city emergency department syndromic surveillance for monitoring influenza activity during the 2009-10 influenza season

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Westheimer, Emily ^a   Paladini, Marc ^a   Balter, Sharon ^a   Weiss, Don ^a   Fine, Anne ^a   Nguyen, Trang Quyen ^a  

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS SYNDROME; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT;

EID: 84867463969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/500563f3ea181     Document Type: Article

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