Open AccessDetection of epidemics in their early stage through infectious disease surveillance
Author(s) -
Shuji Hashimoto,
Yoshitaka Murakami,
Kiyosu Taniguchi,
Masaki Nagai
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/29.5.905
Subject(s) - medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease surveillance , rubella , disease , virology , measles , vaccination
Surveillance of infectious diseases is done in many countries. The aims of such surveillance include the detection of epidemics. In the present study, the possibility of detecting an epidemic in its early stage using a simple method was evaluated for 16 infectious diseases.
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