Influenza case definitions – optimising sensitivity and specificity

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2015, Pages

  Penttinen, P ^a   Pebody, R ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84932599986     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.22.21148     Document Type: Article

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