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. 2013 Mar 27;13:276. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-276

Table 3.

Epidemiologic data sources for situation awareness

Type of data Number of local health departments
Case reports
12
Hospitalized/Fatal cases
12
Laboratory data
12
School absenteeism
11
Emergency room census
9
ILI sentinel surveillance
5
Vital statistics data
5
Hospital bed count
4
Workplace absenteeism
2
911 Calls/Logs
2
Other syndromic surveillance 2

Abbreviations: ILI, influenza-like illness.