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Biosurveillance: A Definition, Scope and Description of Current Capability for a National Strategy
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 21 (HSPD-21) requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national biosurveillance capability that provides early warning and situation awareness for urgent public health events.… read more… Statement. 2006. Accessed on June 3, 2008 at: http://www.astho.org/pubs/BiosurveillancePositionStatementFINA … -
ROC Curves in Public Health Surveillance: A First Step in Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Our purpose was to develop an ROC curve for public health surveillance similar to those used in diagnostic testing. We developed syndrome surveillance algorithms with differing sensitivity and specificity in detecting the seasonal influenza (ILI)… read more… was more specific for the ILI season. See Figure 1. We con- structed an ROC curve using increasing daily counts for …