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Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza in Washington State: A Local and Regional Perspective
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We explored the utility of tracking emergency department (ED) visits for febrile illness as a proxy for influenza surveillance, from both a local and a regional perspective.… was lowest compared with King and Pierce counties and did not correlate as strongly with data from these two … the 5-17 year old age group (r=.84); the correlation for all other age groups was less than .65. CONCLUSIONS ED fever … activity, including laboratory influenza test results and all cause school absenteeism. ED fever visit trends for …