Estimating the effectiveness of early control measures through school absenteeism surveillance in observed outbreaks at rural schools in Hubei, China.

Estimating the effectiveness of early control measures through school absenteeism surveillance in observed outbreaks at rural schools in Hubei, China.

<h4>Background</h4>School absenteeism is a common data source in syndromic surveillance, which allows for the detection of outbreaks at an early stage. Previous studies focused on its correlation with other data sources. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of control measures b...

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Main Authors: Yunzhou Fan, Mei Yang, Hongbo Jiang, Ying Wang, Wenwen Yang, Zhixia Zhang, Weirong Yan, Vinod K Diwan, Biao Xu, Hengjin Dong, Lars Palm, Li Liu, Shaofa Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106856

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