Evaluation of self-swabbing coupled with a telephone health helpline as an adjunct tool for surveillance of influenza viruses in Ontario

• Main Authors: D. McGolrick (Author), P. Belanger (Author), H. Richardson (Author), K. Moore (Author), A. Maier (Author), A. Majury (Author)
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• 出版: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Calls to a telephone health helpline (THHL) have been previously evaluated for the ability to monitor specific syndromes, such as fever and influenza-like-illness or gastrointestinal illness. This method of surveillance has been shown to be highly correlated with traditional surv...