Outbreak detection algorithms for seasonal disease data: A case study using ross river virus disease

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pelecanos, Anita M ^a   Ryan, Peter A ^a   Gatton, Michelle L ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEASON;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SEASONS;

EID: 78549252092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-74     Document Type: Article

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