Syndromic Surveillance Indicators for Seasonal Influenza
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Emergency Department and “Google Flu Trends” Data as Syndromic Surveillance Indicators for Seasonal Influenza L. H. Thompson, M. T. Malik, A. Gumel, T. Strome, and S. M. Mahmud 1. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 2. Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 3. Department of Applied Mathematics and Sciences, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE 4. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB 5. Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
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