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标题：Real-time Laboratory-Based Influenza Surveillance with Xpert Flu
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作者：Andrea Dugas ; Howard Burkom ; Richard Rothman 等
期刊名称：Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
电子版ISSN：1947-2579
出版年度：2015
卷号：7
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：University of Illinois at Chicago
摘要：In order to provide real-time access to influenza test results, we created a laboratory-based surveillance system which automatically uploaded influenza test results from a rapid PCR-based influenza test, Xpert Flu, and the associated testing times and locations. On-site, type-specific results were available to physicians and uploaded for public health awareness within 100 minutes of patient nasopharyngeal swab. Expansion of this real-time capability to sentinel facilities could improve both local and national surveillance and response, reducing the need for syndromic influenza surveillance.