Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

May 22, 2020

Identifying Potential Undocumented COVID-19 Using Publicly Reported Influenza-like-Illness and Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Disease in the United States: An Approach to Syndromic Surveillance?

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  • Using CDC FluView data, Wiemken and Shacham found a 76% decrease in influenza positive tests and a 27% increase in influenza-like illness in the weeks since COVID-19 was introduced to the US, compared with the previous three influenza seasons. The authors suggest FluView could be used for COVID-19 syndromic surveillance. 

Wiemken and Shacham. (May 2020). Identifying Potential Undocumented COVID-19 Using Publicly Reported Influenza-like-Illness and Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Disease in the United States: An Approach to Syndromic Surveillance? American Journal of Infection Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.007