Utilizing syndromic surveillance data for estimating levels of influenza circulation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1394-1401

  Patterson Lomba, Oscar ^a   Van Noort, Sander ^c   Cowling, Benjamin J ^d   Wallinga, Jacco ^e   Gomes, M Gabriela M ^c   Lipsitch, Marc ^b   Goldstein, Edward ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attack rate; influenza; influenza like illness; participatory surveillance

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIVITY; INFLUENZA; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; SELF REPORT;

NETHERLANDS;

ATTACK RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS; PARTICIPATORY SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901704103     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu061     Document Type: Article

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