Forecasting Influenza Epidemics from Multi-Stream Surveillance Data in a Subtropical City of China

Pei-Hua Cao; Xin Wang; Shi-Song Fang; Xiao-Wen Cheng; King-Pan Chan; Xi-Ling Wang; Xing Lu; Chun-Li Wu; Xiu-Juan Tang; Ren-Li Zhang; Han-Wu Ma; Jin-Quan Cheng; Chit-Ming Wong; Lin Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092945

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Forecasting Influenza Epidemics from Multi-Stream Surveillance Data in a Subtropical City of China

Pei-Hua Cao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Pei-Hua Cao, Xin Wang

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Xin Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Pei-Hua Cao, Xin Wang

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Shi-Song Fang,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Xiao-Wen Cheng,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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King-Pan Chan,

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Xi-Ling Wang,

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Xing Lu,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Chun-Li Wu,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Xiu-Juan Tang,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Ren-Li Zhang,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Han-Wu Ma,

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Jin-Quan Cheng ,

* E-mail: Cjinquan@vip.sohu.com (JQC); hrmrwcm@hku.hk (CMW)

Affiliation Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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Chit-Ming Wong ,

* E-mail: Cjinquan@vip.sohu.com (JQC); hrmrwcm@hku.hk (CMW)

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Lin Yang

Affiliations School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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Forecasting Influenza Epidemics from Multi-Stream Surveillance Data in a Subtropical City of China

Pei-Hua Cao,
Xin Wang,
Shi-Song Fang,
Xiao-Wen Cheng,
King-Pan Chan,
Xi-Ling Wang,
Xing Lu,
Chun-Li Wu,
Xiu-Juan Tang,
Ren-Li Zhang

Published: March 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092945

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