Evaluation of two influenza surveillance systems in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Budgell, Eric ^a,d   Cohen, Adam L ^b,c   McAnerney, Jo ^d   Walaza, Sibongile ^d   Madhi, Shabir A ^d,e   Blumberg, Lucille ^d   Dawood, Halima ^f   Kahn, Kathleen ^g   Tempia, Stefano ^b,c,h   Venter, Marietjie ^d,i   Cohen, Cheryl ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h CTS Global Inc   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOUTH AFRICA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIROLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INPATIENTS; OUTPATIENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84926365570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120226     Document Type: Article

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