Influenza in Canada--1997-1998 season.
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The Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) maintains a national influenza surveillance program, FluWatch. The objective of FluWatch is to provide a national picture of influenza activity. This program has elements which include: 1) laboratorybased influenza virus identification; 2) reporting by laboratories, and provincial and territorial epidemiologists who collaborate by exchanging information on cases; 3) outbreaks; and 4) influenzalike illness (ILI) surveillance. In addition, international reporting on influenza activity by the World Health Organization and other national reporting programs is reviewed weekly and reported through FluWatch.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada
دوره 24 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998