New Surveillance Metrics for Alerting Community-Acquired Outbreaks of Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants Using Imported Case Data: Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach

• Main Authors: Amy Ming-Fang Yen (Author), Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen (Author), Wei-Jung Chang (Author), Ting-Yu Lin (Author), Grace Hsiao-Hsuan Jen (Author), Chen-Yang Hsu (Author), Sen-Te Wang (Author), Huong Dang (Author), Sam Li-Sheng Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundGlobal transmission from imported cases to domestic cluster infections is often the origin of local community-acquired outbreaks when facing emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. ObjectiveWe aimed to develop new surveillance metrics for alerting emerging community-acquired outbreaks arising from n...