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  • Can all-cause school absenteeism be used to optimize the timing of school closure in response to pandemic influenza?

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    School closure has long been proposed as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in reducing the transmission of pandemic influenza. Children are thought to have high transmission potential because of their low immunity to circulating… read more
    … data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings.   … using data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings. … public schools in New York City from 6 September 2005 to 26 June 2009. A model-adjusted school-specific z-score was …
  • A Novel Application of Syndromic Methods of Monitor Temporal Changes in the Specificity of an Oral HIV Test

    Content Type: Abstract

    To apply syndromic techniques in assessing whether the false-positive rate (FP rate) of a rapid oral HIV test, routinely used for screening in New York Cityís STD clinics, deviated from the manufacturerís claim; results of which have important… read more
    … monitoring the temporal pattern in test specificity and may help public health officials to better assess when a …