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: Mann, Pamela, O’Connell, Erin, Zhang, Guoyan, Llau, Anthoni, Rico, Edhelene, Leguen, Fermin C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204753/