1716Engagement in OutSmart Flu, a smartphone-based surveillance system for influenza-like illness among students on a university campus
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system for influenza-like illness among students on a university campus Ajay K. Sethi, PhD; Christine Muganda, BS; Ronald Gangnon, PhD; Shawnika Hull, PhD; Naiomi Lundman, MBA; Ryan Westergaard, MD, PhD, MPH; Sarah Van Orman, MD; Craig Roberts, PA-C, MS; Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; University Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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