Surveillance of influenza in Iceland during the 2009 pandemic

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 3-

  Sigmundsdottir, G ^a   Gudnason, T ^a   Ólafsson, Ö ^b   Baldvinsdottir G E ^c   Atladottir, A ^a   Love A ^c   Danon, L ^d   Briem, H ^a  

^a Directorate of Health in Iceland   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; METHODOLOGY; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045351797     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.49.19742-en     Document Type: Article

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