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Leaving a Mobile Footprint: Utilizing Data to Combat the 2017 - 2018 Influenza Season

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Jill DeWitt TenHacken

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

online journal of public health informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1947-2579

DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v11i1.9877

Subject(s) - public health , influenza season , environmental health , disease control , medicine , recreation , public health surveillance , medical emergency , vaccination , business , geography , family medicine , influenza vaccine , political science , nursing , law , immunology

The 2017 – 2018 influenza season was classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as ‘high severity’ across all age groups. Furthermore, CDC noted that this was the first year to be categorized as such, with the highest peak percentage of influenza-like-illnesses (ILI), since 2009. In Harris County alone, there were 2,665 positive flu tests reported in comparison to the previous season at 1,395 positive tests. In response to the severity of this year’s flu season, Harris County Public Health (HCPH) collaborated across the department to deploy five pop up influenza vaccination events utilizing our Mobile Fleets open to the general public.

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