Accounting for seasonal patterns in syndromic surveillance data for outbreak detection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Syndromic surveillance (SS) can potentially contribute to outbreak detection capability by providing timely, novel data sources. One SS challenge is that some syndrome counts vary with season in a manner that is not identical from ye...

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Main Authors: Picard Richard, Michalak Sarah, Klamann Richard, Graves Todd, Burr Tom, Hengartner Nicolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/6/40