Internet-based syndromic monitoring of acute respiratory illness in the general population of Germany, weeks 35/2011 To 34/2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Bayer, C ^a,b   Remschmidt, C ^a   der Heiden, Man ^a   Tolksdorf, K ^a   Herzhoff, M ^a   Kaersten, S ^a   Buda, S ^a   Haas, W ^a   Buchholz, U ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRIPPEWEB; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893415859     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.4.20684     Document Type: Article

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