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| Liselotte van AstenSummaryAffiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Mortality attributable to 9 common infections: significant effect of influenza A, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza B, norovirus, and parainfluenza in elderly personsLiselotte van Asten
Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
J Infect Dis 206:628-39. 2012....
Strengthening the diagnostic capacity to detect Bio Safety Level 3 organisms in unusual respiratory viral outbreaksLiselotte van Asten
Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
J Clin Virol 45:185-90. 2009....
Unspecified gastroenteritis illness and deaths in the elderly associated with norovirus epidemicsLiselotte van Asten
Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Epidemiology 22:336-43. 2011..However, the impact of such increased norovirus activity on morbidity and mortality is not clear because norovirus infection is rarely specifically registered...
Detection of excess influenza severity: associating respiratory hospitalization and mortality data with reports of influenza-like illness by primary care physiciansCees C van den Wijngaard
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, Netherlands
Am J Public Health 100:2248-54. 2010..We explored whether excesses in influenza severity can be detected by combining respiratory syndromic hospital and mortality data with data on influenza-like illness (ILI) cases obtained from general practitioners...
Syndromic surveillance for local outbreaks of lower-respiratory infections: would it work?Cees C van den Wijngaard
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 5:e10406. 2010..We evaluated whether syndromic surveillance detects local outbreaks of lower-respiratory infections (LRIs) without swamping true signals by false alarms...
Validation of syndromic surveillance for respiratory pathogen activityCees van den Wijngaard
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Emerg Infect Dis 14:917-25. 2008..We conclude that these syndromes can be used for respiratory syndromic surveillance, since they reflect patterns in respiratory pathogen activity...
Comparing pandemic to seasonal influenza mortality: moderate impact overall but high mortality in young childrenCees C van den Wijngaard
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Center for Infectious Disease Control, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 7:e31197. 2012..For a valid comparison, our study used the same statistical methodology and data types to estimate pandemic and seasonal influenza mortality...
Syndromic surveillance in the Netherlands for the early detection of West Nile virus epidemicsBarry Rockx
Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 6:161-9. 2006..We conclude that, from 1999 to 2004, no evidence of WNV infection could be found in either humans or horses in The Netherlands...
