Teacher led school-based surveillance can allow accurate tracking of emerging infectious diseases - evidence from serial cross-sectional surveys of febrile respiratory illness during the H1N1 2009 influenza pandemic in Singapore

Teacher led school-based surveillance can allow accurate tracking of emerging infectious diseases - evidence from serial cross-sectional surveys of febrile respiratory illness during the H1N1 2009 influenza pandemic in Singapore

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Schools are important foci of influenza transmission and potential targets for surveillance and interventions. We compared several school-based influenza monitoring systems with clinic-based influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance,...

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Main Authors: Soh Shu E, Cook Alex R, Chen Mark IC, Lee Vernon J, Cutter Jeffery L, Chow Vincent TK, Tee Nancy WS, Lin Raymond TP, Lim Wei-Yen, Barr Ian G, Lin Cui, Phoon Meng, Ang Li, Sethi Sunil K, Chong Chia, Goh Lee, Goh Denise LM, Tambyah Paul A, Thoon Koh, Leo Yee, Saw Seang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Respiratory tract infections
Vaccination
Serology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/336

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