Abstract
To evaluate the usefulness of school absentee data in identifying outbreaks as part of syndromic surveillance, we examined data collected from public schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA. An innovative automated alert system captured information about school-specific absenteeism to detect and provide real-time notification of possible outbreaks of influenza-like illness.
MeSH terms
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Absenteeism*
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Disease Notification / methods*
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Disease Notification / statistics & numerical data
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Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
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Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
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Florida / epidemiology
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Humans
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Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification
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Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
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Influenza, Human / virology
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Population Surveillance / methods*
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Public Health Informatics
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Schools / statistics & numerical data*
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Software
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United States / epidemiology