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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jan;26(1):148-150. doi: 10.3201/eid2601.181520. [h=1]Use of Ambulance Dispatch Calls for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections.[/h]
Monge S, Duijster J, Kommer GJ, van de Kassteele J, Donker GA, Krafft T, Engelen P, Valk JP, de Waard J, de Nooij J, van der Hoek W, van Asten L.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Ambulance dispatches for respiratory syndromes reflect incidence of influenza-like illness in primary care. Associations are highest in children (15%-34% of respiratory calls attributable to influenza), out-of-office hours (9%), and highest urgency-level calls (9%-11%). Ambulance dispatches might be an additional source of data for severe influenza surveillance.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] ambulance; emergency medical services; influenza; public health surveillance; respiratory infections; respiratory syndrome; the Netherlands; viruses
PMID: 31855528 DOI: 10.3201/eid2601.181520
Monge S, Duijster J, Kommer GJ, van de Kassteele J, Donker GA, Krafft T, Engelen P, Valk JP, de Waard J, de Nooij J, van der Hoek W, van Asten L.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Ambulance dispatches for respiratory syndromes reflect incidence of influenza-like illness in primary care. Associations are highest in children (15%-34% of respiratory calls attributable to influenza), out-of-office hours (9%), and highest urgency-level calls (9%-11%). Ambulance dispatches might be an additional source of data for severe influenza surveillance.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] ambulance; emergency medical services; influenza; public health surveillance; respiratory infections; respiratory syndrome; the Netherlands; viruses
PMID: 31855528 DOI: 10.3201/eid2601.181520