Evaluating tools to define influenza baseline and threshold values using surveillance data, Egypt, season 2016/17

Background: Establishing influenza thresholds and transmission intensity can help evaluate seasonal changes in influenza severity and potential pandemics. We aimed to evaluate the moving epidemic method (MEM) for calculating influenza thresholds for season 2016/17 in Egypt using four parameters, to...

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Main Authors: Basma AbdElGawad, Tomás Vega, Moustafa El Houssinie, Amira Mohsen, Manal Fahim, Hanaa Abu ElSood, Jean Jabbour, Alaa Eid, Samir Refaey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034119301728