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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mann, Pamela ; O’Connell, Erin ; Zhang, Guoyan ; Llau, Anthoni ; Rico, Edhelene ; Leguen, Fermin C.
• Description:
  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 provide real-time notification of possible outbreaks of influenza-like illness.
• Subjects:
  Absenteeism Disease Notification Disease Outbreaks Humans Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Population Surveillance Public Health Informatics Schools Software
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(2):262-264.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:703d9b94bdeaf0b2c75201a598c7e154738fd5adc8dd8f52627b98992ee77ea4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18312/cdc_18312_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 52.16 KB ]