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Emerg Infect Dis. Building Influenza Surveillance Pyramids in Near Real Time, Australia
[Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Volume 19, Number 11?November 2013
Dispatch
Building Influenza Surveillance Pyramids in Near Real Time, Australia
Craig B. Dalton, Sandra J. Carlson, Michelle T. Butler, Elissa Elvidge, and David N. Durrheim
Author affiliations: Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (C.B. Dalton, S.J. Carlson, M.T. Butler, E. Elvidge, D.N. Durrheim); Newcastle University, Newcastle (C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim)
Abstract
A timely measure of circulating influenza virus severity has been elusive. Flutracking, the Australian online influenza-like illness surveillance system, was used to construct a surveillance pyramid in near real time for 2011/2012 participants and demonstrated a striking difference between years. Such pyramids will facilitate rapid estimation of attack rates and disease severity.
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Volume 19, Number 11?November 2013
Dispatch
Building Influenza Surveillance Pyramids in Near Real Time, Australia
Craig B. Dalton, Sandra J. Carlson, Michelle T. Butler, Elissa Elvidge, and David N. Durrheim
Author affiliations: Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (C.B. Dalton, S.J. Carlson, M.T. Butler, E. Elvidge, D.N. Durrheim); Newcastle University, Newcastle (C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim)
Abstract
A timely measure of circulating influenza virus severity has been elusive. Flutracking, the Australian online influenza-like illness surveillance system, was used to construct a surveillance pyramid in near real time for 2011/2012 participants and demonstrated a striking difference between years. Such pyramids will facilitate rapid estimation of attack rates and disease severity.
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