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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. … the daily count of all-cause absenteeism and school nurse visits for fever/flu syndrome in 1206 public schools in New …
  • Adding GIS and Earth Observations to Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    This paper describes an integrated modeling, sensing, and information system for forecasting atmospheric dust episodes and monitoring PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations that aggravate respiratory diseases in the American southwest.
    … currently being designed and im- plemented by health care providers and public health agencies in the region. … understood. With further development and testing, health care professionals should be able to increase substantially … effort will be implemented to engage interested health care and syndromic surveillance professionals to optimize …