Exploring a proposed WHO method to determine thresholds for seasonal influenza surveillance.

INTRODUCTION:Health authorities find thresholds useful to gauge the start and severity of influenza seasons. We explored a method for deriving thresholds proposed in an influenza surveillance manual published by the World Health Organization (WHO). METHODS:For 2002-2011, we analysed two routine infl...

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Main Authors: Ee Laine Tay, Kristina Grant, Martyn Kirk, Anthony Mounts, Heath Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795663?pdf=render