Implementing hospital-based surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections caused by influenza and other respiratory pathogens in New Zealand

• Main Authors: Q Sue Huang (Author), Michael Baker (Author), Colin McArthur (Author), Sally Roberts (Author), Deborah Williamson (Author), Cameron Grant (Author), Adrian Trenholme (Author), Conroy Wong (Author), Susan Taylor (Author), Lyndsay LeComte (Author), Graham Mackereth (Author), Don Bandaranayake (Author), Tim Wood (Author), Ange Bissielo (Author), Ruth Seeds (Author), Nikki Turner (Author), Nevil Pierse (Author), Paul Thomas (Author), Richard Webby (Author), Diane Gross (Author), Jazmin Duque (Author), Mark Thompson (Author), Marc-Alain Widdowson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recent experience with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 highlighted the importance of global surveillance for severe respiratory disease to support pandemic preparedness and seasonal influenza control. Improved surveillance in the southern hemisphere is needed to provide critical data on...