Alert System to Detect Possible School-based Outbreaks of Influenza-like Illness

Alert System to Detect Possible School-based Outbreaks of Influenza-like Illness

To evaluate the usefulness of school absentee data in identifying outbreaks as part of syndromic surveillance, we examined data collected from public schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA. An innovative automated alert system captured information about school-specific absenteeism to detect and...

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Main Authors: Pamela Mann, Erin O’Connell, Guoyan Zhang, Anthoni Llau, Edhelene Rico, Fermin C. Leguen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Viruses
respiratory infections
influenza
schools
surveillance
syndromic surveillance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/2/10-0496_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/2/10-0496_article

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