Detection of hospital outbreaks of influenza-like illness based on excess of incidence rates compared to the community

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Risk of Influenza-Like Illness in an Acute Health Care Setting During Community Influenza Epidemics in 2004-2005 2005-2006 and 2006-2007

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Background: The person-to-person transmission of influenza-like illness (ILI) and influenza has been described mostly in long-term care units. Studies in acute hospital settings are rare and mostly retrospective.Methods: We prospe...

A multiplicative hazard regression model to assess the risk of disease transmission at hospital during community epidemics

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