Early detection of influenza outbreaks using the DC Department of Health's syndromic surveillance system

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Griffin, Beth Ann ^a   Jain, Arvind K ^a   Davies Cole, John ^b   Glymph, Chevelle ^b   Lum, Garret ^b   Washington, Samuel C ^b   Stoto, Michael A ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOSURVEILLANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76349091139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-483     Document Type: Article

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