id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-017249-la5sum39 Feldblyum, Tamara V. Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Surveillance and Disease Severity 2015-05-12 .txt text/plain 11430 516 39 With the growing focus of the US health care system on the meaningful use of electronic medical records, one of the practical applications is expanding biosurveillance and preparedness capabilities, such as surveillance of infl uenza severity and associated risk factors during seasonal epidemics and pandemics [ 18 , 22 ] . EHR-based surveillance systems such as Electronic Medical Record Support for Public Health (ESP) implemented in Ohio and Massachusetts and BioSense were successfully used for analyzing ICD-9 diagnosis codes, reporting notifi able disease cases, surveillance of ILI, identifi cation of infl uenza or upper respiratory infection risk factors among hospitalized patients, and for monitoring diabetes prevalence, risk factors, and disease severity [ 13 , 19 ] . Pregnancy has been reported as a risk factor for seasonal and pandemic infl uenza infections and severe disease outcomes using historical and current data. ./cache/cord-017249-la5sum39.txt ./txt/cord-017249-la5sum39.txt