Assessing the reporting quality of influenza outbreaks in the community

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 556-563

  Lo, Calvin ^a   Mertz, Dominik ^a,b   Loeb, Mark ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

influenza; outbreaks; reporting criterion; reporting quality; STROBE statement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85035101964     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12516     Document Type: Article

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