CASE: a framework for computer supported outbreak detection
Open Access
- 12 March 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
- Vol. 10 (1) , 14
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-10-14
Abstract
In computer supported outbreak detection, a statistical method is applied to a collection of cases to detect any excess cases for a particular disease. Whether a detected aberration is a true outbreak is decided by a human expert. We present a technical framework designed and implemented at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control for computer supported outbreak detection, where a database of case reports for a large number of infectious diseases can be processed using one or more statistical methods selected by the user.Keywords
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