Usefulness of school absenteeism data for predicting influenza outbreaks, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1375-1377

  Egger, Joseph R ^a   Hoen, Anne G ^b,c   Brownstein, John S ^b,c   Buckeridge, David L ^d   Olson, Donald R ^e   Konty, Kevin J ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e International Society for Disease Surveillance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LETTER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ABSENTEEISM; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864423374     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.111538     Document Type: Letter

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