The new school absentees reporting system for pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 infection in Japan

Takeshi Suzue; Yoichi Hoshikawa; Shuzo Nishihara; Ai Fujikawa; Nobuyuki Miyatake; Noriko Sakano; Takeshi Yoda; Akira Yoshioka; Tomohiro Hirao

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The new school absentees reporting system for pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 infection in Japan

Takeshi Suzue, Yoichi Hoshikawa, Shuzo Nishihara, Ai Fujikawa, Nobuyuki Miyatake, Noriko Sakano, Takeshi Yoda, Akira Yoshioka, Tomohiro Hirao

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Objective: To evaluate the new Japanese School Absentees Reporting System for Infectious Disease (SARSID) for pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 infection in comparison with the National epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Disease (NESID). Methods: We used data of 53,223 students (97.7%) in Takamatsu city Japan. Data regarding school absentees in SARSID was compared with that in NESID from Oct 13, 2009 to Jan 12, 2010. Results: Similar trends were observed both in SARSID and NESID. However, the epidemic trend for influenza in SARSID was thought to be more sensitive than that in NESID. Conclusion: The epidemic trend for influenza among school-aged children could be easily and rapidly assessed by SARSID compared to NESID. SARSID might be useful for detecting the epidemic trend of influenza.

Original language	English
Article number	e30639
Journal	PloS one
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030639
Publication status	Published - Feb 17 2012
Externally published	Yes

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