Methods for detecting seasonal influenza epidemics using a school absenteeism surveillance system

Methods for detecting seasonal influenza epidemics using a school absenteeism surveillance system

Abstract Background School absenteeism data have been collected daily by the public health unit in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Ontario since 2008. To date, a threshold-based approach has been implemented to raise alerts for community-wide and within-school illness outbreaks. We investigate several s...

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Main Authors: Madeline A. Ward, Anu Stanley, Lorna E. Deeth, Rob Deardon, Zeny Feng, Lise A. Trotz-Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Absenteeism surveillance system
Influenza
Seasonal logistic regression
Disease modelling
Epidemic detection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7521-7

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