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Quantifying the potential benefit of early detection for preventing morbidity and mortality: a simulation study of cryptosporidium outbreak
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Many studies evaluate the timeliness and accuracy of outbreak detection algorithms used in syndromic surveillance. Of greater interest, however, is defining the outcome associated with improved detection. In case of a waterborne cryptosporidiosis… read more… de Santé Publique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada E-mail: okhmatovskaia@gmail.com Objective To quantitatively assess the benefit of … -
The influence of address errors on detecting outbreaks of campylobacteriosis
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Mandatory notification to public health of priority communicable diseases (CDs) is a cornerstone of disease prevention and control programs. Increasingly, the addresses of CD cases are used for spatial monitoring and cluster detection… read more… services Sociaux de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail: kate.zinszer@mail.mcgill.ca Objective To examine, via a simulation study, …