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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2025 Aug 2;12(8)
faf460.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf460. eCollection 2025 Aug. A Framework for Classifying Disease Trends Applied to Influenza-Associated Hospital Admissions in the United States
Sarabeth M Mathis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matthew Biggerstaff[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alicia Budd[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alissa O'Halloran[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Catherine Bozio[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rebecca K Borchering[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Using Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET) data, we established thresholds for weekly hospitalization rate differences to categorize changes. We applied thresholds to National Healthcare Safety Network influenza admissions from the 2022/2023-2023/2024 seasons. This metric identified more large increases and decreases in 2022/2023 and facilitated rapid trend assessment.
Keywords: Epidemics; Influenza; Surveillance; Thresholds; Trends.
. 2025 Aug 2;12(8)
faf460.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf460. eCollection 2025 Aug. A Framework for Classifying Disease Trends Applied to Influenza-Associated Hospital Admissions in the United States
Sarabeth M Mathis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matthew Biggerstaff[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alicia Budd[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alissa O'Halloran[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Catherine Bozio[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rebecca K Borchering[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 40874183
- PMCID: PMC12378217
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf460
Using Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET) data, we established thresholds for weekly hospitalization rate differences to categorize changes. We applied thresholds to National Healthcare Safety Network influenza admissions from the 2022/2023-2023/2024 seasons. This metric identified more large increases and decreases in 2022/2023 and facilitated rapid trend assessment.
Keywords: Epidemics; Influenza; Surveillance; Thresholds; Trends.