Toward unsupervised outbreak detection through visual perception of new patterns

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Statistical algorithms are routinely used to detect outbreaks of well-defined syndromes, such as influenza-like illness. These methods cannot be applied to the detection of emerging diseases for which no preexisting information is av...

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Main Authors: Lévy Pierre P, Valleron Alain-Jacques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/179