Surveillance of respiratory pathogens and influenza-like illnesses in general practices - The Netherlands, winter 1997-98

M L A Heijnen; J W Dorigo-Zetsma; A I M Bartelds; B Wilbrink; M J W Sprenger

doi:10.2807/esm.04.07.00054-en

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Surveillance of respiratory pathogens and influenza-like illnesses in general practices - The Netherlands, winter 1997-98
M L A Heijnen¹ , J W Dorigo-Zetsma² , A I M Bartelds³ , B Wilbrink² , M J W Sprenger¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology (CIE), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands ² Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands ³ Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL), Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Heijnen M. L.A., Dorigo-Zetsma J W, Bartelds A I M, Wilbrink B, Sprenger M. J.W. Surveillance of respiratory pathogens and influenza-like illnesses in general practices - The Netherlands, winter 1997-98. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(7):pii=54. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.07.00054-en

Abstract

The Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL) has coordinated the activities of a sentinel surveillance network of 43 general practices since 1970. These practices care for 1% of the Dutch population, a sample representative of the national pop