Local implementation of a syndromic influenza surveillance system using emergency department data in Santander, Spain

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-403

  Schrell, S ^a   Ziemann, A ^a   Garcia Castrillo Riesgo, L ^b   Rosenkotter N ^a   Llorca, J ^b,c   Popa, D ^a   Krafft, T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

communicable diseases; emergency care; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TIME;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883474908     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdt043     Document Type: Article

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