Influenza surveillance using data from a telemedicine centre.
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2012
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Resumo |
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed at investigating whether data from medical teleconsultations may contribute to influenza surveillance. METHODS: International Classification of Primary Care 2nd Edition (ICPC-2) codes were used to analyse the proportion of teleconsultations due to influenza-related symptoms. Results were compared with the weekly Swiss Sentinel reports. RESULTS: When using the ICPC-2 code for fever we could reproduce the seasonal influenza peaks of the winter seasons 07/08, 08/09 and 09/10 as depicted by the Sentinel data. For the pandemic influenza 09/10, we detected a much higher first peak in summer 2009 which correlated with a potential underreporting in the Sentinel system. CONCLUSIONS: ICPC-2 data from medical teleconsultations allows influenza surveillance in real time and correlates very well with the Swiss Sentinel system. |
Identificador |
https://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_00E99131D0A2 isbn:1661-8564 (Electronic) pmid:21318326 doi:10.1007/s00038-011-0240-1 isiid:000304446000023 |
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en |
Fonte |
International Journal of Public Health, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 447-452 |
Palavras-Chave | #Humans; Influenza, Human/epidemiology; Pandemics/statistics & numerical data; Population Surveillance/methods; Switzerland/epidemiology; Telemedicine/methods |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article article |