Do intensive care data on respiratory infections reflect influenza epidemics?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Koetsier, Antonie ^a   Van Asten, Liselotte ^b   Dijkstra, Frederika ^b   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^b   Snijders, Bianca E ^b   Van Den Wijngaard, Cees C ^b   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^b   Donker, Gé A ^c   De Lange, Dylan W ^d   De Keizer, Nicolette F ^a   Peek, Niels ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896718138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083854     Document Type: Article

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