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Characterization of communicable disease epidemics using bayesian inversion
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The evolution of a communicable disease in a human population is not entirely predictable. However, the spreading process can be assumed to vary smoothly in time. The time-dependent infection process can be linked to observations of… read more… the delay is caused by incubation and a (hospital) visit delay, modeled as independent random variables. A … data, the delay is caused by incubation and a (hospital) visit delay, modeled as independent random variables. A … planning. Methods We extend the model by Brookmeyer and Gail, for use with biosurveillance data, by adding a model … -
Disease surveillance using school absenteeism data in rural Cambodia
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Previous studies in developed countries showed school absenteeism data can serve as a proxy for monitoring infectious disease activities and facilitates early community outbreak detection. However, absenteeism patterns may differ in developing… read more… data were weekly aggregated and sent to Hong Kong, via email for further analysis. Results Implementation of the … Data quality was monitored by occasional onsite school visits by the investigators. A total of 430 students (47.4% … providing the absenteeism data. *Calvin Ka Yeung Cheng E-mail: chengkyc@hku.hk (page number not for citation purpose) …