Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents Appl Clin Inform 2011; 02(01): 75-85DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2010-05-RA-0030 Research Article Schattauer GmbH Healthcare Information Systems to Assess Influenza OutbreaksAn analysis of the 2009 H1N1 Epidemic in Buenos AiresAuthors Author Affiliations S. Figar 1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine V. Aliperti 1 Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine E. Salazar 2 Divison of Infectiology, Department of Internal Medicine C. Otero 3 Department of Health Infomatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina M. Schpilberg 3 Department of Health Infomatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina V. Taliercio 3 Department of Health Infomatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina P. Otero 3 Department of Health Infomatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina F. 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