A hidden Markov model for analysis of frontline veterinary data for emerging zoonotic disease surveillance.

Surveillance systems tracking health patterns in animals have potential for early warning of infectious disease in humans, yet there are many challenges that remain before this can be realized. Specifically, there remains the challenge of detecting early warning signals for diseases that are not kno...

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Main Authors: Colin Robertson, Kate Sawford, Walimunige S N Gunawardana, Trisalyn A Nelson, Farouk Nathoo, Craig Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3174964?pdf=render