title: Development of a protocol to evaluate the quality of clinical influenza data collected by sentinel practitioners in Europe.
abstract: EISS implemented an evaluation protocol to assess the quality of clinical data collected by sentinel networks for the surveillance of influenza. The protocol was applied in Belgium and in three regions in Spain where it resulted in recommendations to improve the national and regional surveillance networks.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Division, Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Aguilera
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Paget
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Velden
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013030:Spain