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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(15), p. 1603-1608, 2009

DOI: 10.3201/eid1510.081040

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Review of an Influenza Surveillance System, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Journal article published in 2009 by Peng Yang, Wei Duan, Min Lv, Weixian Shi, Xiaoming Peng, Xiaomei Wang, Yanning Lu, Huijie Liang, Holly Seale, Xinghuo Pang, Quanyi Wang ORCID
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Abstract

In 2007, a surveillance system for influenza-like illness (ILI) and virologic data was established in Beijing, China. The system tracked ILI and laboratory-confirmed influenza in 153 general hospitals from September 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008. To analyze the ILI surveillance data (weekly ILI rates and counts) and the effectiveness of the system, we used the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Early Aberration Reporting System. The data indicated that the highest rate of influenza isolation and the highest ILI count occurred in the first week of 2008. The system enabled us to detect the onset and peak of an epidemic.