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

An outbreak detection and response system, using time series moving percentile method based on historical data, in China has been used for identifying dengue fever outbreaks since 2008. For dengue fever outbreaks reported from 2009 to 2012, this system achieved a sensitivity of 100%, a specificity o...

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Main Authors: Honglong Zhang, Zhongjie Li, Shengjie Lai, Archie C A Clements, Liping Wang, Wenwu Yin, Hang Zhou, Hongjie Yu, Wenbiao Hu, Weizhong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25170873/?tool=EBI