Comparison of 3 infrared thermal detection systems and self-report for mass fever screening

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1710-1717

  Nguyen, An V ^a,b   Cohen, Nicole J ^a   Lipman, Harvey ^a   Brown, Clive M ^a   Molinari, Noelle Angelique ^a   Jackson, William L ^a   Kirking, Hannah ^a   Szymanowski, Paige ^a,c   Wilson, Todd W ^a   Salhi, Bisan A ^c   Roberts, Rebecca R ^d   Stryker, David W ^e   Fishbein, Daniel B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^e Presbyterian Healthcare Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958579221     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100703     Document Type: Article

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