Evaluating Detection of an Inhalational Anthrax Outbreak
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Evaluating Detection of an Inhalational Anthrax Outbreak
Timely detection of an inhalational anthrax outbreak is critical for clinical and public health management. Syndromic surveillance has received considerable investment, but little is known about how it will perform relative to routine clinical case finding for detection of an inhalational anthrax outbreak. We conducted a simulation study to compare clinical case finding with syndromic surveilla...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060331