Pilot surveillance for childhood encephalitis in Australia using the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2117-2127

  Britton, P N ^a,b,c   Dale, R C ^a,c   Elliott, E ^a,d   Festa, M ^a,c   Macartney, K ^a,c,e   Booy, R ^a,b,c,e   Jones, C A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; children; encephalitis; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID MICROSCOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARECHOVIRUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84959192383     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000340     Document Type: Article

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