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cord-254117-2ttwaegh	Priest, Patricia C.	Thermal Image Scanning for Influenza Border Screening: Results of an Airport Screening Study	2011-01-05		.txt	text/plain	4187	186	44	The prediction by ITIS of tympanic temperature (37.8°C and 37.5°C) and of influenza infection was assessed using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and estimated sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value (PPV). This evaluation of thermal image scanning was carried out as part of a larger study to measure the prevalence of seasonal influenza infection in arriving airline travellers and the effectiveness of a screening questionnaire for detecting those with influenza infection. To assess the utility of fever as a screening test for influenza infection (MT-PCR result), sensitivity, specificity, and population PPV for influenza were estimated for each tympanic temperature threshold, and the ITIS threshold used above. The greatest potential for the use of ITIS to screen incoming or departing travellers for infectious diseases such as a pandemic strain of influenza would be as the first stage of screening; that is, to identify and select out a high risk group for further assessment, for example by questionnaire, body core temperature measurement, and/or respiratory sample collection.	./cache/cord-254117-2ttwaegh.txt	./txt/cord-254117-2ttwaegh.txt