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

Euro Surveill. 1999 Jul;4(7):81-84. doi: 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