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  • The Exploration of Various Methods for Shigella Outbreak Detection

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    Shigella remains highly infectious in the United States and rapid detection of Shigella outbreaks is crucial for disease control and timely public health actions. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) implemented a Communicable Disease… read more
    … except for the cumulative sum-related methods, which used all cases. The sensitivity (SE), specificity (SP), positive … created when the case number exceeded the baseline mean, i.e., mean of previous two weeks, plus three standard … 3 HL 64% 90% 27% 98% 33 NBC 43% 80% 11% 96% 56 The SPs did not vary much across six methods while the SE of the PO …