Influenza surveillance using data from a telemedicine centre.


Autoria(s): Blozik E.; Grandchamp C.; von Overbeck J.
Data(s)

2012

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

Idioma(s)

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
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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