Can syndromic surveillance data detect local outbreaks of communicable disease? A model using a historical cryptosporidiosis outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-20

  Cooper, Duncan L ^a   Verlander, N Q ^b   Smith, G E ^a   Charlett, A ^b   Gerard, E ^c   Willocks, L ^d   O'Brien, S ^e  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Direct   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNDROME; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 30844449010     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004802     Document Type: Article

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