Syndromic surveillance of influenza-like illness in Scotland during the Influenza A H1N1v pandemic and beyond
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Syndromic surveillance refers to the rapid monitoring of syndromic data to highlight and follow outbreaks of infectious diseases, increasing situational awareness. Such systems are based upon statistical models to described routinely collected health data. We describe a working exception reporting system (ERS) currently used in Scotland to monitor calls received to the NHS telephone helpline, NHS24.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011