Background In temperate zones, all‐cause mortality exhibits a marked seasonality, and
influenza represents a major cause of winter excess mortality. We present a statistical …

We investigated a large outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 in the United Kingdom (UK) with
165 cases between 31 May and 29 July 2016. No linked cases were reported in other …

The effective reproduction number, R t, is a measure of transmission that can be calculated
from standard incidence data to timely detect the beginning of epidemics. It has being …

Human case monitoring is important for investigating disease burden; however, using
human cases by themselves may not be sufficient for evaluating outbreaks. Enhanced …

There is an extensive list of methods available for the early detection of an epidemic signal
in syndromic surveillance data. However, there is no commonly accepted classification …

Despite the improvement in health conditions across the world, communicable diseases
remain among the leading mortality causes in many countries. Combating communicable …

Background Real time detection of influenza outbreaks is necessary by public health
authorities. The aim of this study was to determine the performance of the Exponentially …

Figuur 4| Overzicht van de bruto mortaliteitsgraad door alle oorzaken In België tijdens de
zomerperiode (week 20 tot en met 40) en de winterperiode (week 41 tot en met 19) van …

A resurgence of pertussis has been detected in the Netherlands since 1996. Several
intervention methods have been implementedbut a severe outbreak was detected in 2012 …

In 1334 an epidemic struck the northeastern Chinese province of Hopei. This “Black Death”
claimed up to 90% of the population, nearly five million people. The epidemic eventually …