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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Dec;16(12):1960-1962.
Online Flutracking Survey of Influenza-like Illness during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Australia.
Carlson SJ, Dalton CB, Durrheim DN, Fejsa J.
Hunter Medical Research Institute, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia (S.J. Carlson, C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim); Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (S.J. Carlson, C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim, J. Fejsa); and Newcastle University, Newcastle (C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim).
Abstract
We compared the accuracy of online data obtained from the Flutracking surveillance system during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Australia with data from other influenza surveillance systems. Flutracking accurately identified peak influenza activity timing and community influenza-like illness activity and was significantly less biased by treatment-seeking behavior and laboratory testing protocols than other systems.
PMID: 21122231 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21122231
Online Flutracking Survey of Influenza-like Illness during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Australia.
Carlson SJ, Dalton CB, Durrheim DN, Fejsa J.
Hunter Medical Research Institute, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia (S.J. Carlson, C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim); Hunter New England Population Health, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (S.J. Carlson, C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim, J. Fejsa); and Newcastle University, Newcastle (C.B. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim).
Abstract
We compared the accuracy of online data obtained from the Flutracking surveillance system during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Australia with data from other influenza surveillance systems. Flutracking accurately identified peak influenza activity timing and community influenza-like illness activity and was significantly less biased by treatment-seeking behavior and laboratory testing protocols than other systems.
PMID: 21122231 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21122231