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Laboratory Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza: Estimating the Potential Magnitude of Diagnostic Demand through Trends in Respiratory Illness
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To estimate diagnostic demand in case of pandemic threat using trends in respiratory syndromes (as input for a laboratory preparedness program). -
Respiratory Syndrome in the Netherlands in Relation to Pathogen Activity
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Syndromic surveillance may be suited for detection of emerging respiratory disease elevations that could pass undiagnosed. The syndromes under surveillance should then retrospectively reflect known respiratory pathogen activity. To validate this for… read more -
Greater Pathogenicity of Norovirus Strains in 2003? A Syndromic Approach
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Although norovirus (NoV) is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis (ewinter vomiting diseaseÃ), its contribution to mortality remains unknown and may be an unrecognized problem [1]. In Europe a genetic shift in circulating NoV strains was… read more