Surveillance of Influenza-Like Illness in France. The Example of the 1995/1996 Epidemic

• Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) Vol. 52; pp. 32S - 38S
• Main Authors: Carrat, Fabrice, Flahault, Antoine, Boussard, Eric, Farran, Nathalie, Dangoumau, Laure, Valleron, Alain-Jacques
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London British Medical Association 01.04.1998; BMJ
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age groups; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Computer Storage Devices - utilization; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Diseases; Epidemics; Family Practice - statistics & numerical data; Female; France - epidemiology; General practice; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Influenza vaccines; Influenza Vaccines - therapeutic use; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Older adults; Public health; Sentinel Surveillance; Surveillance; Vaccination; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; France; Europe; Human; General practitioner; Vaccination; Epidemiology; Morbidity; Infection; Prevention; Viral disease; Influenza; Network; Database; Internet; Sanitary surveillance; Computer aid; Public health

Study objectives-To discover if continuous computerised collection of morbidity data through a medical practice based sentinel network can be used to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) epidemics. To obtain rough estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness. Design-Continuous passive surveillance o...