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  • Telephone Triage Data for Detection of Influenza-like Illness

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    National surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus variants and to monitor influenza-related morbidity and mortality. Nurse telephone triage (“call”) data may serve as a useful complement to… read more
    … and mortality. Nurse telephone triage (“call”) data may serve as a useful complement to traditional influenza … in places traditional surveillance is not operating. It may also be useful to detect increased occurrence … morbidity and mortality. Nurse call data may serve as a useful complement to traditional influenza …
  • Nurse Call Data for Detection of Influenza-Like Illness

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    Influenza affects millions of people and causes about 36,000 deaths in the United States each winter. Pandemics of influenza emerge at irregular intervals. National influenza surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus… read more
    … such data for influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance may lead to earlier detection of ILI in the community, both because people with ILI may call a nurse line before seeking care at a health-care … manual data entry. Using such data for ILI surveil- lance may lead to earlier detection of ILI in the community, both …
  • A County Health Department's Analysis and Dissemination Algorithm of a Neruological Syndrome Aberration to Respective Community Stakeholders

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    The purpose of this study is to depict a local county health departmentís analysis and dissemination algorithm of surveillance system (SS) aberration (alarm) to designated stakeholders within the community.
    … to contact is dependent on the level of the alarm. This may be determined by, the number of reporting Emergency … [age, sex, zip code, facility location, and time of visit] for possible epidemiological links, (5) Correlated … to the targeted audience, otherwise the stakeholders may not value the information if they do not understand how …