A Bayesian System to Detect and Track Outbreaks of Influenza-Like Illnesses Including Novel Diseases: Algorithm Development and Validation
John M Aronis,
Ye Ye,
Jessi Espino
et al.
Abstract:Background:The early identification of outbreaks of both known and novel influenza-like illnesses is an important public health problem.
Objective:The design and testing of a tool that detects and tracks outbreaks of both known and novel influenza-like illness, such as COVID-19, accurately and early.Methods: This paper describes the ILI Tracker algorithm that first models the daily occurrence of a set of known influenza-like illnesses in a hospital emergency department using findings extracted from patient car… Show more
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