Adult encephalitis surveillance: Experiences from an Australian prospective sentinel site study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3300-3307

  Eastwood, K ^a,b   Paterson, B J ^a,b,c   Levi, C ^b,c,d   Givney, R ^c,e   Loewenthal, M ^c,d   De Malmanche, T ^c,e   Lai, K ^c,d   Granerod, J ^f   Durrheim, D N ^a,b,c  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Pathology North   (Australia)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emerging infectious disease; Encephalitis; epidemiology; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL REPORTING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS DAILY LIST; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84944043406     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815000527     Document Type: Article

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