title: [International influenza surveillance (author's transl)].
abstract: Influenza may be considered a convenient model to set up a methodology for surveillance in a country, which can further be extended to other diseases. The solidarity which exists among Directors of National Influenza Centres is one of the reasons for its success. On positive result, and one which is not negligible, has been the stimulating effect which influenza surveillance had on the development of virus laboratories in tropical regions.
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007391:International Cooperation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: Surveillance internationale de la grippe.