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Disease surveillance using school absenteeism data in rural Cambodia
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Previous studies in developed countries showed school absenteeism data can serve as a proxy for monitoring infectious disease activities and facilitates early community outbreak detection. However, absenteeism patterns may differ in developing… read more… Data quality was monitored by occasional onsite school visits by the investigators. A total of 430 students (47.4% … useful in resource limited settings where health care and laboratory capacity are insufficient for disease …