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Emerg Infect Dis
; 17(2): 262-4, 2011 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21291601
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.