Exploring a proposed WHO method to determine thresholds for seasonal influenza surveillance
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Tay, Ee Laine; Grant, Kristina; Mounts, Anthony; Kelly, Heath; Kirk, Martyn
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INTRODUCTION Health authorities find thresholds useful to gauge the start and severity of influenza seasons. We explored a method for deriving thresholds proposed in an influenza surveillance manual published by the World Health Organization (WHO). METHODS For 2002-2011, we analysed two routine influenza-like-illness (ILI) datasets, general practice sentinel surveillance and a locum medical service sentinel surveillance, plus laboratory data and hospital admissions for influenza. For each...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2013-10-11 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16729 |
Source: | PLoS ONE |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077244 |
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