Thermal image scanning for influenza border screening: Results of an airport screening study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Priest, Patricia C ^a   Duncan, Alasdair R ^b   Jennings, Lance C ^c   Baker, Michael G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Planning and Funding   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPORT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGE SCANNER; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION; FEVER; INFLUENZA; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AIRPORTS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFRARED RAYS; MASS SCREENING; ROC CURVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79251563748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014490     Document Type: Article

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