Evaluation of Outbreak Detection Performance Using Multi-Stream Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Hubei Province, China: A Temporal Simulation Model Based on Healthcare-Seeking Behaviors

Yunzhou Fan; Ying Wang; Hongbo Jiang; Wenwen Yang; Miao Yu; Weirong Yan; Vinod K. Diwan; Biao Xu; Hengjin Dong; Lars Palm; Shaofa Nie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112255

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Evaluation of Outbreak Detection Performance Using Multi-Stream Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Hubei Province, China: A Temporal Simulation Model Based on Healthcare-Seeking Behaviors

Yunzhou Fan,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Ying Wang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Hongbo Jiang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Wenwen Yang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Miao Yu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Weirong Yan,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Vinod K. Diwan,

Affiliation Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Biao Xu,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Hengjin Dong,

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Lars Palm,

Affiliation Future Position X (FPX), Gävle, Sweden
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Shaofa Nie

* E-mail: sf_nie@mails.tjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Evaluation of Outbreak Detection Performance Using Multi-Stream Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness in Rural Hubei Province, China: A Temporal Simulation Model Based on Healthcare-Seeking Behaviors

Yunzhou Fan,
Ying Wang,
Hongbo Jiang,
Wenwen Yang,
Miao Yu,
Weirong Yan,
Vinod K. Diwan,
Biao Xu,
Hengjin Dong,
Lars Palm

Published: November 19, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112255

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