Influenza outbreak during Sydney World Youth Day 2008: the utility of laboratory testing and case definitions on mass gathering outbreak containment.

BACKGROUND:Influenza causes annual epidemics and often results in extensive outbreaks in closed communities. To minimize transmission, a range of interventions have been suggested. For these to be effective, an accurate and timely diagnosis of influenza is required. This is confirmed by a positive l...

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Main Authors: Sebastiaan J van Hal, Hong Foo, Christopher C Blyth, Kenneth McPhie, Paul Armstrong, Vitali Sintchenko, Dominic E Dwyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2731881?pdf=render