ISS--an electronic syndromic surveillance system for infectious disease in rural China.

BACKGROUND: Syndromic surveillance system has great advantages in promoting the early detection of epidemics and reducing the necessities of disease confirmation, and it is especially effective for surveillance in resource poor settings. However, most current syndromic surveillance systems are estab...

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Main Authors: Weirong Yan, Lars Palm, Xin Lu, Shaofa Nie, Biao Xu, Qi Zhao, Tao Tao, Liwei Cheng, Li Tan, Hengjin Dong, Vinod K Diwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3633833?pdf=render