Evaluating Hospital-Based Surveillance for Outbreak Detection in Bangladesh: Analysis of Healthcare Utilization Data

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nikolay, Birgit ^a,b   Salje, Henrik ^a,b,c   Sturm Ramirez, Katharine ^d,e   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^d   Homaira, Nusrat ^e,f   Ahmed, Makhdum ^g,h   Iuliano, A Danielle ^d   Paul, Repon C ^e,i   Rahman, Mahmudur ^j   Hossain, M Jahangir ^k   Luby, Stephen P ^l   Cauchemez, Simon ^a,b   Gurley, Emily S ^e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BANGLADESH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85010932197     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002218     Document Type: Article

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