A programme for collaborative influenza surveillance. A report of a working group of the Public Health Laboratory Service.
A surveillance programme is described which is intended to assess the effects of influenza virus infections on communities at large by collating influenza virus isolations and consultations for respiratory infections from general practices with new claims for sickness benefit and deaths from all causes. Particular importance is attached to relating virus isolations to symptomatic respiratory disease seen in practices of known age and sex structure.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D012574:Schools; D014937:Work