Alert Threshold Algorithms and Malaria Epidemic Detection
We describe a method for comparing the ability of different alert threshold algorithms to detect malaria epidemics and use it with a dataset consisting of weekly malaria cases collected from health facilities in 10 districts of Ethiopia from 1990 to 2000. Four types of alert threshold algorithms are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2004-07-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/7/03-0722_article |