Participatory online surveillance as a supplementary tool to sentinel doctors for influenza-like illness surveillance in Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Perrotta, Daniela ^a   Bella, Antonino ^b   Rizzo, Caterina ^b   Paolotti, Daniela ^a  

^a ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; YOUNG ADULT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85009070819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169801     Document Type: Article

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