A new sentinel surveillance system for severe influenza in England shows a shift in age distribution of hospitalised cases in the post-pandemic period.

A new sentinel surveillance system for severe influenza in England shows a shift in age distribution of hospitalised cases in the post-pandemic period.

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have highlighted the importance of establishing systems to monitor severe influenza. Following the H1N1 (2009) influenza pandemic, a sentinel network of 23 Trusts, the UK Severe Influenza Surveillance Sy...

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Main Authors: Shelly Bolotin, Richard Pebody, Peter J White, James McMenamin, Luke Perera, Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam, Thomas Barlow, John M Watson, UK Severe Influenza Surveillance System (USISS) Steering Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3264602?pdf=render

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