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Estimating the incidence of influenza cases that present to emergency departments
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Our laboratory previously established the value of over-the-counter (OTC) sales data for the early detection of disease outbreaks. We found that thermometer sales (TS) increased significantly and early during influenza (flu) season.… read more… the BCD only collects information from a fraction of all EDs in AC (A!0.44), and TS data only cover a fraction of all sales from OTC retail stores in AC (B!0.91). To apply … of Biosurveillance, 1st edn. 2006, p 321. 2 Presanis AM, De Angelis D, Hagy A, Reed C, Riley S, Cooper BS, et al. The …