Establishing thresholds for influenza surveillance in Victoria
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthPublished 1 August 2003Open access
Caroline G. Watts, Ross Andrews, Julian Druce, Heath Kelly
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The proportion of influenza‐like illness (ILI) that could be attributed to influenza infection over five consecutive influenza seasons in Victoria was reviewed to compare ILI activity with hospital admissions for influenza, and to develop thresholds that would indicate whenILI activity may coincide with increases in influenza hospitalisations.
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ILI rates from sentinel general practices correspond with hospital admissions coded as influenza and allow the use of threshold levels to describe seasonal influenza activity.
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