Evaluation of the performance of a dengue outbreak detection tool for China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Honglong ^a   Li, Zhongjie ^a   Lai, Shengjie ^a   Clements, Archie C A ^b   Wang, Liping ^a   Yin, Wenwu ^a   Zhou, Hang ^a   Yu, Hongjie ^a   Hu, Wenbiao ^c   Yang, Weizhong ^a  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHINA; CHINA INFECTIOUS DISEASE AUTOMATED ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL FIELD INVESTIGATION; SIGNAL INITIAL VERIFICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME TO DETECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84926284171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106144     Document Type: Article

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