Enhancing time-series detection algorithms for automated biosurveillance

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Tokars, Jerome I ^a   Burkom, Howard ^b   Xing, Jian ^a   English, Roseanne ^a   Bloom, Steven ^c   Cox, Kenneth ^d   Pavlin, Julie A ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; INTERNET; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 65149089056     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/1504.080616     Document Type: Article

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