Approaches to the evaluation of outbreak detection methods

• Main Authors: Dailey Lynne (Author), Hall Robert G (Author), Eagleson Serryn (Author), Watkins Rochelle E (Author), Plant Aileen J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An increasing number of methods are being developed for the early detection of infectious disease outbreaks which could be naturally occurring or as a result of bioterrorism; however, no standardised framework for examining the usefu...