Validity and timeliness of syndromic influenza surveillance during the autumn/winter wave of A (H1N1) influenza 2009: Results of emergency medical dispatch, ambulance and emergency department data from three European regions

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rosenkötter, Nicole ^a   Ziemann, Alexandra ^a   Riesgo, Luis Garcia Castrillo ^b   Gillet, Jean Bernard ^c   Vergeiner, Gernot ^d   Krafft, Thomas ^a   Brand, Helmut ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Dispatch Center Tyrol   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Influenza; Public health surveillance; Sensitivity; Specificity; Syndromic surveillance; Timeliness

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; UTILIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84884807644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-905     Document Type: Article

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