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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 … data on number of influenza isolates and percentage of visits for ILI from sentinel providers were com- pared to rolling, seven-day totals of calls for ILI and … -
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… agreement of the QIDW and CDC data suggests this approach may be a cost-effective and timely complement to current … Eileen Koski, Eileen.X.Koski@questdiagnostics.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:41 … A Quest …