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- Title
Usefulness of School Absenteeism Data for Predicting Influenza Outbreaks, United States.
- Authors
Egger, Joseph R.; Hoen, Anne G.; Brownstein, John S.; Buckeridge, David L.; Olson, Donald R.; Konty, Kevin J.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the usefulness of school absenteeism data for predicting influenza outbreaks in the U.S. The study applied a regression model in the analysis and measured receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. It showed a positive in-phase correlation between absenteeism and fever/influenza syndrome in a school district in New York.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INFLUENZA research; SCHOOL absenteeism; DISEASE outbreaks; REGRESSION analysis; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 8, p1375
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1808.111538