Evaluating the Surveillance System for Spotted Fever in Brazil Using Machine-Learning Techniques

• Main Authors: Diego Montenegro Lopez (Author), Flávio Luis de Mello (Author), Cristina Maria Giordano Dias (Author), Paula Almeida (Author), Milton Araújo (Author), Monica Avelar Magalhães (Author), Gilberto Salles Gazeta (Author), Reginaldo Peçanha Brasil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This work analyses the performance of the Brazilian spotted fever (SF) surveillance system in diagnosing and confirming suspected cases in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), from 2007 to 2016 (July) using machine-learning techniques. Of the 890 cases reported to the Disease Notification Information S...