Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates

Improving Accuracy of Influenza-Associated Hospitalization Rate Estimates

Diagnostic test sensitivity affects rate estimates for laboratory-confirmed influenza–associated hospitalizations. We used data from FluSurv-NET, a national population-based surveillance system for laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations, to capture diagnostic test type by patient age and in...

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Main Authors: Alexander J. Millman, Carrie Reed, Pam Daily Kirley, Deborah Aragon, James I. Meek, Monica M. Farley, Patricia Ryan, Jim Collins, Ruth Lynfield, Joan Baumbach, Shelley Zansky, Nancy M. Bennett, Brian Fowler, Ann Thomas, Mary L. Lindegren, Annette Atkinson, Lyn Finelli, Sandra Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
influenza
hospitalizations
sensitivity
diagnostic tests
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/14-1665_article

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