Volume 14, Number 1—January 2008
Research
Telephone Survey to Assess Influenza-like Illness, United States, 2006
Joseph L. Malone*
, Mohammad Madjid†, and S. Ward Casscells*‡
, Mohammad Madjid†, and S. Ward Casscells*‡
Table 2
Telephone survey questions*
| A.Do you have a cat(s)? |
| A.1.How many? |
| A.2.How many are recently sick? |
| A.3.How many have died? |
| B.Do you have chickens? |
| B.1.What proportion, if any, are sick? |
| B.2.Have there been more deaths of chickens than usual this week? |
| C.Now we would like to ask you a few questions related to a research study conducted by the University of Texas Science Center at Houston. Are you willing to participate? |
| C.1.Do you have the flu? |
| C.1.1.Have you received your flu shot this year? |
| C.1.2.What is your body temperature (fever)? |
| C.1.2.Do any of your contacts have flu? |
| C.1.3.Do you have shaking chills? |
| C.1.4.Do you have body aches and muscle pain, in the back, arms or legs? |
| C.1.5.Do you have a cough? |
| C.1.6.Do you have a runny nose? |
| C.1.7.Are you short-winded? |
| C.1.8.Do you have a sore throat? |
| C.1.9.Have you traveled to Southeast Asia recently? |
| C.1.10.How long have you had these symptoms? |
*Questions A–C were asked of all adults taking the telephone survey. Only respondents who answered “yes” to Question C were asked Question C.1; only respondents who answered “yes” to C.1 were asked the follow-up questions C.1.1 through C.1.10.
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