The Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS): Rationale, objectives, and design.
Jonathan L TemteShari BarlowMaureen D GossEmily TemteCristalyne BellCecilia HeCaroline HamerAmber SchemmelBradley MaerzLily CompMitchell ArnoldKimberly BreunigSarah CliffordErik ReisdorfPeter ShultMary WedigThomas HauptJames ConwayRonald GangnonAshley FowlkesAmra UzicaninPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2021)
ORCHARDS uses a community-based design to detect influenza trends over multiple seasons and to evaluate the utility of absenteeism for early detection of accelerated influenza and other respiratory pathogen transmission in schools and surrounding communities.