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Estimating Sensitivity of Laboratory Testing for Influenza in Canada through Modelling

BACKGROUND: The weekly proportion of laboratory tests that are positive for influenza is used in public health surveillance systems to identify periods of influenza activity. We aimed to estimate the sensitivity of influenza testing in Canada based on results of a national respiratory virus surveill...

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Autores principales: Schanzer, Dena L., Garner, Michael J., Hatchette, Todd F., Langley, Joanne M., Aziz, Samina, Tam, Theresa W. S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19688094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006681