Implementing hospital-based surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections caused by influenza and other respiratory pathogens in New Zealand

Implementing hospital-based surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections caused by influenza and other respiratory pathogens in New Zealand

Background: Recent experience with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 highlighted the importance of global surveillance for severe respiratory disease to support pandemic preparedness and seasonal influenza control. Improved surveillance in the southern hemisphere is needed to provide critical data on...

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Main Authors: Q Sue Huang, Michael Baker, Colin McArthur, Sally Roberts, Deborah Williamson, Cameron Grant, Adrian Trenholme, Conroy Wong, Susan Taylor, Lyndsay LeComte, Graham Mackereth, Don Bandaranayake, Tim Wood, Ange Bissielo, Ruth Seeds, Nikki Turner, Nevil Pierse, Paul Thomas, Richard Webby, Diane Gross, Jazmin Duque, Mark Thompson, Marc-Alain Widdowson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific 2014-05-01
Series:Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
Subjects:
SARI
hospital-based SARI surveillance
New Zealand
other respiratory pathogens
Online Access:http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/235/390

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