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Influenza mortality surveillance using a statewide electronic death registration system F Nebraska, 2009–2010
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Public health surveillance using death data is critical for tracking the impact of diseases such as influenza. However, utility of such systems is compromised by delayed reporting, particularly when it is paper based. In Nebraska, funeral directors… read more… paper-based FOD data was evaluated from 19 July 2009 to 1 May 2010. Additionally, sensitivity and specificity of an … specific death surveillance system using EDRS were com- pared with active surveillance using laboratory and provider reports also conducted from 19 July to 1 May 2010. For active surveillance, an influenza-associated …