Monitoring School Absenteeism for Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Tim K Tsang (Author), Xiaotong Huang (Author), Yiyang Guo (Author), Eric H Y Lau (Author), Benjamin J Cowling (Author), Dennis K M Ip (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundInfluenza causes considerable disease burden each year, particularly in children. Monitoring school absenteeism has long been proposed as a surveillance tool of influenza activity in the community, but the practice of school absenteeism could be varying, and the potential of such usage rem...