TY - JOUR AU - van Dijk, Adam AU - Aramini, Jeff AU - Edge, Graham AU - Moore, Kieran M. T1 - Real-Time Surveillance for Respiratory Disease Outbreaks, Ontario, Canada T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 5 SP - 799 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To validate the utility of a chief complaint–based emergency department surveillance system, we compared it with respiratory diagnostic data and calls to Telehealth Ontario about respiratory disease. This local syndromic surveillance system accurately monitored status of respiratory diseases in the community and contributed to early detection of respiratory disease outbreaks. KW - Respiratory infections KW - surveillance KW - disease outbreaks KW - emergency departments KW - Canada KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1505.081174 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/5/08-1174_article ER - End of Reference