Diagnosing swine flu: The inaccuracy of case definitions during the 2009 pandemic, an attempt at refinement, and the implications for future planning

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-409

  Mahony, Andrew A ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^b,c   Olsen, Karen L ^a   Aboltins, Craig A ^c   Black, James F P ^d   Johnson, Paul D R ^a,e   Lindsay Grayson, M ^a,b,e   Torresi, Joseph ^a,e  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Infectious Diseases Department   (Australia)

^d Nossal Institute for Global Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case definitions; Influenza A H1N1 09 subtype; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876503757     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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