The Validity of Self-Initiated, Event-Driven Infectious Disease Reporting in General Population Cohorts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Merk, Hanna ^a,b   Kühlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^b   Bexelius, Christin ^a,c   Sandin, Sven ^a   Litton, Jan Eric ^a   Linde, Annika ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c OptumInsight   (Sweden)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876221210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061644     Document Type: Article

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