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Exploring the Role of Quest Diagnostics Corporate Data Warehouse for Timely Influenza Surveillance
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A Quest Diagnostics Incorporated – CDC collaboration in 2000 pioneered exploration of test ordering data to enhance infectious diseasessurveillance1. This year’s unexpected shortage of vaccine and… read more… specimens testing positive for influenza viruses (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm). RESULTS The Table … Eileen Koski, Eileen.X.Koski@questdiagnostics.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:41 … -
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… percentage of visits for ILI from sentinel providers were com- pared to rolling, seven-day totals of calls for ILI and … -
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… CA 3,136,617 0.80 0.85 0.89 WI 825,255 0.67 0.81 0.87 CO 558,705 0.82 0.96 0.86 TX 2,529,566 0.83 0.97 0.85 IL …