Evaluation of outbreak detection performance using multi-stream syndromic surveillance for influenza-like illness in rural Hubei Province, China: a temporal simulation model based on healthcare-seeking behaviors.

<h4>Background</h4>Syndromic surveillance promotes the early detection of diseases outbreaks. Although syndromic surveillance has increased in developing countries, performance on outbreak detection, particularly in cases of multi-stream surveillance, has scarcely been evaluated in rural...

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Main Authors: Yunzhou Fan, Ying Wang, Hongbo Jiang, Wenwen Yang, Miao Yu, Weirong Yan, Vinod K Diwan, Biao Xu, Hengjin Dong, Lars Palm, Shaofa Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112255