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Comparison of the US outpatient influenza-like illness surveillance network and the Google Flu Trends from 2008 to 2010
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http://Google.org developed a regression model that used the volume of influenza-related search queries best correlated with the proportion of outpatient visits related to influenza-like illness (ILI) model to estimate the level of ILI… read more… from Google Flu Trends are publicly available through the website. The time period for evaluation was parsed according … as zero. Results From October 2008 through April 2010, all national and regional ILI percentage estimates reported … -
Cause-Specific School Absenteeism Monitoring Identifies Community Influenza Outbreaks
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Transmission and amplification of influenza within schools has been purported as a driving mechanism for subsequent outbreaks in surrounding communities. However, the number of studies assessing the utility of monitoring school absenteeism as an… read more… was initiated to evaluate the relationships between all-cause (a-Tot), illness-related (a-I), and influenza-like … same community. Objective: The Oregon Child Absenteeism due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS) was implemented … was initiated to evaluate the relationships between all-cause (a-Tot), illness-related (a-I), and influenza-like … -
Utility of Nontraditional Data Sources for Early Detection of Influenza
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Influenza surveillance is conducted through a complex network of laboratory and epidemiologic systems essential for estimating population burden of disease, selecting influenza vaccine viruses, and detecting novel influenza viruses with… read more… children have the highest influenza incidence rates among all age groups. Due to the close interaction of children in schools and … communities. 2 views Submitted by Magou on Sat, 08/26/2017 - 20:25 … children have the highest influenza incidence rates among all age groups. Due to the close interaction of children in … -
Use of Final Diagnosis Data for Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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The BioSense system receives patient level clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes… read more… and hospital data from 7/1/06 to 4/31/07. We could not de-duplicate DoD patient visits due to lack of a longitudinal patient identifier. We …