作者: Ying Zhang , Lin Li , Xiaochun Dong , Mei Kong , Lu Gao
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0115347
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摘要: BACKGROUND Most influenza surveillance is based on data from urban sentinel hospitals; little known about activity in rural communities. We conducted a region of China with the aim detecting 2009/2010 season. METHODS The study was October 2009 to March 2010. Real-time polymerase chain reaction used confirm cases. Over-the-counter (OTC) drug sales were daily collected drugstores and hospitals/clinics. Space-time scan statistics identify clusters ILI community. incidence rate ILI/influenza estimated basis number cases detected by RESULTS A total 434 (3.88% all consultations) reported; 64.71% these (H1N1) pdm09. 5.19/100 0.40/100, respectively. numbers OTC purchases previous 7 days strongly correlated (Spearman rank correlation coefficient [r] = 0.620, P = 0.001). Four outbreaks space-time permutation analysis. CONCLUSIONS This community pdm09 season enabled estimation influenza. It also provides scientific for public health measures.