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- Title
Electronic School Absenteeism Monitoring and Influenza Surveillance, Hong Kong.
- Authors
Cheng, Calvin K. Y.; Cowling, Benjamin J.; Lau, Eric H. Y.; Ho, Lai Ming; Leung, Gabriel M.; Ip, Dennis K. M.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which developed an automated school absenteeism surveillance system for influenza-like illness (ILI) in Hong Kong, China and evaluated its performance using data collected from March 2008 through June 2011. The study enrolled 62 schools throughout Hong Kong during the period. Details on how the absenteeism system worked are discussed. It also demonstrated the feasibility and potential benefit of the absenteeism data for influenza surveillance.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); CHINA; INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY infections; SCHOOL absenteeism; ELECTRONIC data processing
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 5, p885
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1805.111796