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Correlation of school absenteeism and laboratory results for Flu A in Alberta, Canada
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Rates of student absenteeism in schools have been mainly used to detect outbreaks in schools and prompt public health action to stop local transmission. A report by Kim Mogto et al. stated that aggregated counts of school absenteeism (SAi… read more… (SAi) were correlated with PPFluA, but the sample may have been biased. The purpose of this study was to … (SAi) were correlated with PPFluA, but the sample may have been biased. The purpose of this study was to … -
Use of syndromic surveillance in decision making during the H1N1 pandemic in Ontario, Canada
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For public health surveillance to achieve its desired purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality, surveillance data must be linked to public health response. While there is evidence of the growing popularity of syndromic surveillance (1,2), the… read more… the most useful syndromic surveillance source (52% and 70%). Syndromic data were found to support two specific … intensive care unit and ventilator use data, immunization visits, flu assessment centre visits and provincial … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …