Challenges of establishing routine influenza sentinel surveillance in Ethiopia, 2008-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Ayele, Workenesh ^a   Demissie, Gelila ^a   Kassa, Woubayehu ^a   Zemelak, Etsehiwot ^a   Afework, Aklog ^a   Amare, Berhanu ^b   Cox, Chad M ^b   Jima, Daddi ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870033128     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis531     Document Type: Article

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