Zoonotic Ascariasis, United Kingdom
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absenteeism was highly correlated with laboratory-confi rmed infl uenza, and such information could be used to provide surveillance alerts up to 2 weeks before other traditional infl uenza surveillance data sources (3). The use of workplace absenteeism data, particularly from large employers, has the potential for overcoming the major limitation of school-based absenteeism data in detecting outbreaks of ILI: the effects of school holidays and local planned school closures. Near real-time workplace absenteeism is an effective surveillance tool and should be more widely incorporated in infl uenza surveillance systems. Bev Paterson, Richard Caddis, and David Durrheim Author affi liations: University of Newcastle, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia (B. Paterson, D. Durrheim); and Transport for London, London, UK (R. Caddis)
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