Simulation of Correlated Outbreak Signals for Early Aberration Reporting

The Early Aberration Reporting System was developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help assist local and state health officials to focus limited resources on appropriate activities of public health surveillance. Outbreaks of

infectious diseases are indicated in multiple spatial and temporal data sources, such as emergency department visits, drug store sales, and ambulatory clinic visits. Based on this premise, we provided correlated data sets and investigated disease clusters.

Objective

We present a pilot study of simulation of correlated outbreak signals for early aberration reporting and evaluating detection methods.