Evaluation of the new world health organization case definition of severe acute respiratory infection for influenza surveillance during the peak weeks of two influenza seasons in Quebec, Canada

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 297-300

  Amini, R ^a   Gilca, R ^a,b,c   Douville Fradet, M ^a,b   Boulianne, N ^a,b   De Serres, G ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza; Other respiratory viruses; Positive predictive value; SARI case definition; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEBEC; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

FLUORIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; TOOTHPASTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEASONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031811266     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piw044     Document Type: Article

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