Development of a protocol to evaluate the quality of clinical influenza data collected by sentinel practitioners in Europe

J F Aguilera; W J Paget; J Van Der Velden

doi:10.2807/esm.07.11.00374-en

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Development of a protocol to evaluate the quality of clinical influenza data collected by sentinel practitioners in Europe
J F Aguilera¹ , W J Paget² , J Van Der Velden²
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Affiliations: ¹ Respiratory Division, Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom ² European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS), Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Aguilera J F, Paget W J, Van Der Velden J. Development of a protocol to evaluate the quality of clinical influenza data collected by sentinel practitioners in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2002;7(11):pii=374. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.07.11.00374-en

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.