ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2013
Building influenza surveillance pyramids in near real time, Australia.
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- Enabling Multicentric Participatory Disease Surveillance for Global Health Enhancement: Viewpoint on Global Flu View.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Forecasting COVID-19 activity in Australia to support pandemic response: May to October 2020.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Cross-sectional telephone surveys as a tool to study epidemiological factors and monitor seasonal influenza activity in Malta.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Representativeness of the FluWatchers Participatory Disease Surveillance Program 2015-2016 to 2018-2019: How do participants compare with the Canadian population?Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
- Predicting seasonal influenza using supermarket retail records.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of a Mobile-Based Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance System (FluMob) Among Health Care Workers: Longitudinal Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Accounting for Healthcare-Seeking Behaviours and Testing Practices in Real-Time Influenza Forecasts.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2019Article
- Insights From Flutracking: Thirteen Tips to Growing a Web-Based Participatory Surveillance System.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
- Determinants of Participants' Follow-Up and Characterization of Representativeness in Flu Near You, A Participatory Disease Surveillance System.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2017Article
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Abstract
A timely measure of circulating influenza virus severity has been elusive. Flutracking, the Australian online influenza-like illness surveillance system, was used to construct a surveillance pyramid in near real time for 2011/2012 participants and demonstrated a striking difference between years. Such pyramids will facilitate rapid estimation of attack rates and disease severity.
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