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The Growth and Variation of Symptoms of Influenza-like Illness: An Application of the Linear Growth Curve Model in Syndromic Surveillance in Rural China
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Symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) were reported daily by health workers via the integrated syndromic surveillance system in rural China (ISSC)(1). Objective To analyze the growth and variation of ILI reports using… read more -
The Distribution of Infectious Related Symptoms in an Internet-based Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China
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Syndromic surveillance system, which collects non-specific syndromes in the early stages of disease development, has great advantages in promoting early detection of epidemics and reducing the burden of disease confirmation. It is especially… read more -
The Organizational Structures and Human Resources Allocation of Infectious Disease Surveillance System in Rural China
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To meet the long-term needs of public health and social development of China, it is in urgency to establish a comprehensive response system and crisis management mechanism for public health emergencies. Syndromic surveillance system has great… read more -
Use of Control Bar Matrix for Outbreak Detection in Syndromic Surveillance System
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Aberration detection methods are essential for analyzing and interpreting large quantity of nonspecific real-time data collected in syndromic surveillance system. However, the challenge lies in distinguishing true outbreak signals from a large… read more -
Modeling Spatial Heterogeneity with Excess Zeroes from School Absenteeism dSata
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Absenteeism has been considered as a potential indicator for the early detection of infectious disease outbreaks in population, especially in primary schools. However, in practice this data are often characterized by an excess of zeros and spatial… read more -
Applying Zero-inflated Mixed Model to School Absenteeism Surveillance in Rural China
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Absenteeism has great advantages in promoting the early detection of epidemics1. Since August 2011, an integrated syndromic surveillance project (ISSC) has been implemented in China2. Distribution of the absenteeism generally are asymmetry, zero… read more