Using an innovative method to develop the threshold of seasonal influenza epidemic in China.

BACKGROUND:Proper early warning thresholds for defining seasonal influenza epidemics are crucial for timely engagement of intervention strategies, but are currently not well established in China. We propose a novel moving logistic regression method (MLRM) to determine epidemic thresholds and validat...

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Main Authors: Xunjie Cheng, Tao Chen, Yang Yang, Jing Yang, Dayan Wang, Guoqing Hu, Yuelong Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6118368?pdf=render