How to maintain surveillance for novel influenza A H1N1 when there are too many cases to count

Lancet. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1209-11. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61377-5. Epub 2009 Aug 11.

Authors

Marc Lipsitch¹, Frederick G Hayden, Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung

Affiliation

¹ Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mlipsitc@hsph.harvard.edu

PMID: 19679345
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61377-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Cost of Illness
Data Collection
Disease Notification / methods
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Evidence-Based Practice
Global Health*
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Incidence
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype*
Influenza, Human / diagnosis
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Influenza, Human / virology*
Population Surveillance / methods*
Public Health Practice
Seasons
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Virology / methods*