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INFLUNET: a sentinel surveillance network for influenza relying on general practitioners and paediatricians. Report for the period 2008-2009.
INFLUNET Working Group
2010, vii, 52 p. (in Italian)
The sentinel network is a valuable tool for describing the epidemiology of influenza in Italy. In addition, it provides information for defining the baseline in order to allow comparison in the future. Beginning from the flu season (2000-2001), sentinel surveillance has become an institutional activity. It is carried out through collaboration of different parties: Regions, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, the National Institute of Health in Italy), Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sull’Influenza (CIRI, the Inter-University Research Centre on Influenza), reference Laboratories, general practitioners and paediatricians and all under the co-ordination of the Ministry of Health. In this report results of the epidemiological surveillance for the year 2008-2009 are presented and compared with those of the previous seasons.
Key words: Influenza, human; Sentinel surveillance; Italy
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