Hospital-based influenza morbidity and mortality surveillance system for influenza-like illnesses: A comparison with national influenza surveillance systems

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-20

  Seo, Yu Bin ^a,b   Song, Joon Young ^a,b   Cheong, Hee Jin ^a,b   Cho, Young Duck ^a   Wie, Seong Heon ^c   Jeong, Hye Won ^d   Kim, Woo Joo ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asian Pacific Influenza Institute   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Influenza; Influenza like illness; Korea; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NATIONAL INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS; KOREA; SURVEILLANCE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KOREA; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84890861043     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12175     Document Type: Article

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