Situational awareness of influenza activity based on multiple streams of surveillance data using multivariate dynamic linear model.

Multiple sources of influenza surveillance data are becoming more available; however integration of these data streams for situational awareness of influenza activity is less explored.We applied multivariate time-series methods to sentinel outpatient and school absenteeism surveillance data in Hong...

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Main Authors: Eric H Y Lau, Calvin K Y Cheng, Dennis K M Ip, Benjamin J Cowling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3364986?pdf=render