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Quantifying the relationship between influenza-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in BioSense
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Real-time emergency department (ED) data from the BioSense surveillance program for ILI visits and ILI admissions provide valuable insight into disease severity that bridges gaps in traditional influenza surveillance systems that monitor ILI in… read more… et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 58 (ICD-9-CM codes 487 and 488) or an ILI-related chief complaint … Health Threats Journal AF McIntyre et al. 2011, 4:s99 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 59 … -
Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance
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During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more… K Kniss et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 46 based syndromic surveillance, and … 2010. References 1 Distribute background at: http://www.isdsdistribute.org/faq.php. 2 Influenza Surveillance Background: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ weekly/fluactivity.htm. Comparison of … -
FluView interactive: using user-centered design and usability heuristics to improve visualization of influenza information
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Given the periodic nature of influenza activity, it is important to develop visualization tools that enable enhanced decision-making. User-Centered Design is a set of software development methodologies that primarily employ user… read more… et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 45 References 1 Kinzie MB, Cohn WF, … (GA). [cited 2010 August [19]. Available from: http:// www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/. 3 Nielsen J. Usability Engineering, … Threats Journal MH Torres-Urquidy et al. 2011, 4:s154 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 46 … -
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… Fowlkes et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 30 as August 2009 through April 2010. A … Health Threats Journal A Fowlkes et al. 2011, 4:s131 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 31 … -
Classification of errors for quality assurance in the emerging infections program influenza hospitalizations surveillance system
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Emerging Infections Program (EIP) monitors and studies many infectious diseases, including influenza. In 10 states in the US, information is collected for hospitalized … read more… Pérez et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 55 …