| General practice out-of-hours service in Ireland provides a new source of syndromic surveillance data on influenza. | |
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PMID: 20738989 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The use of routinely available electronic sources of healthcare data on the spread of influenza has the potential to enhance current surveillance activities. This study aimed to develop a method for identifying influenza-related records from general practitioner(GP) out-of-hours (OOH) services in Ireland. Data from one such service were interrogated for keywords relating to influenza-like illness (ILI) and a proxy measure of influenza activity in the community setting was developed. Comparison of this syndromic surveillance measure with national data on ILI consultation rates demonstrated a statistically significant temporal correlation.In five out of six influenza seasons investigated,peaks in the GP OOH influenza-related calls appeared at least one week ahead of peaks in the national ILI consultation rates. The method described in this paper has been extended to nine OOH services in Ireland (covering 70% of the Irish population) to provide weekly figures on self-reported illness for influenza in the community and its data have been incorporated into the national weekly influenza reports produced by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. These data should provide early warnings of both seasonal and pandemic influenza in Ireland. |
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Authors:
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E D Brabazon; M W Carton; C Murray; L Hederman; D Bedford |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin Volume: 15 ISSN: 1560-7917 ISO Abbreviation: Euro Surveill. Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-26 Completed Date: 2010-12-02 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100887452 Medline TA: Euro Surveill Country: Sweden |
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Languages: eng Pagination: - Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive Dublin North East, Navan, County Meath, Ireland. elaine.brabazon@hse.ie |
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Adolescent Adult After-Hours Care / utilization* Aged Family Practice* Female Humans Influenza, Human* / epidemiology Ireland / epidemiology Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance / methods* Seasons Young Adult |
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