Influenza Outbreak during Sydney World Youth Day 2008: The Utility of Laboratory Testing and Case Definitions on Mass Gathering Outbreak Containment

• Sebastiaan J. van Hal ,

  * E-mail: vanhal@gotalk.net.au

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Hong Foo,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Christopher C. Blyth,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Kenneth McPhie,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Paul Armstrong,

  Affiliation Biopreparedness Unit, NSW Department of Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Vitali Sintchenko,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Dominic E. Dwyer

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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