Infectious Disease Monitoring Sources
Where does this data come from?
Recent data for Idaho is available on the Idaho Health & Welfare website www.rsv.dhw.idaho.gov . For preparation of "Local Trends" comments on this site, data from Idaho labs reporting to the Idaho Health & Welfare website, Oregon Public Health website, and Primary Childrens Hospital/Intermountain Health Care/Germwatch website are reviewed.
Testing for RSV by direct fluorescent antibody staining, enzyme immunoassay, or viral culture of nasopharyngeal specimens are combined. Outpatients and inpatients of any age are included. Testing was ordered for any reason the clinician wanted the test done. We recognize that more tests are ordered near the beginning of the season than later.
Dr. Tom Rand maintains the webpage, and any suggestions can be emailed to randt@slhs.org
The website was originally constructed with support of a one-time grant from Medimmune.
