A space-time criterion for early detection of epidemics of influenza-like-illness

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-470

  Toubiana, Laurent ^a   Flahault, Antoine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alert; Epidemiologic method; Influenza; Population surveillance; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; TECHNIQUE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 0031826479     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007481929237     Document Type: Article

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