Hand, foot and mouth disease in China: Evaluating an automated system for the detection of outbreaks

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 656-663

  Li, Zhongjie ^a   Lai, Shengjie ^a   Zhang, Honglong ^a   Wang, Liping ^a   Zhou, Dinglun ^b   Liu, Jizeng ^c   Lan, Yajia ^b   Ma, Jiaqi ^a   Yu, Hongjie ^a   Buckeridge, David L ^d   Pittayawonganan, Chakrarat ^e   Clements, Archie C A ^f   Hu, Wenbiao ^g   Yang, Weizhong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sinosoft Co Ltd   (China)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHINA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84906912403     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.130666     Document Type: Article

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