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Estimating the number of deaths attributable to nine common infectious pathogens adjusted for seasonality and temperature
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Accurately assigning causes or contributing causes to deaths remains a universal challenge, especially in the elderly with underlying disease. Cause of death statistics commonly record the underlying cause of death, and influenza… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance for a Large Respiratory Disease Outbreak by Legionella in the Netherlands
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To evaluate the added value of a syndromic surveillance system in detecting a large severe respiratory disease outbreak with a point-source we used the Legionnaires' disease (LD) outbreak of 1999 in the Netherlands as a case-study. We… read more -
Respiratory and circulatory deaths attributable to influenza A & B
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Assigning causes of deaths to seasonal infectious diseases is difficult in part due to laboratory testing prior to death being uncommon. Since influenza (and other common respiratory pathogens) are therefore notoriously underreported as a (… read more