Despite continued efforts to improve health systems worldwide, emerging pathogen
epidemics remain a major public health concern. Effective response to such outbreaks relies …

The algorithms used for detecting anomalies have evolved substantially over the last
decade to take advantage of advances in informatics and to accommodate changes in …

One difficulty for real‐time tracking of epidemics is related to reporting delay. The reporting
delay may be due to laboratory confirmation, logistical problems, infrastructure difficulties …

Background When outbreak detection algorithms (ODAs) are considered individually, the
task of outbreak detection can be seen as a classification problem and the ODA as a sensor …

Lack of disease surveillance in small companion animals worldwide has contributed to a
deficit in our ability to detect and respond to outbreaks. In this paper we describe the first real …

Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are common causes of respiratory tract
infections and place a burden on health services each winter. Systems to describe the timing …

Dengue is a national priority disease in Cambodia. The Cambodian National Dengue
Surveillance System is based on passive surveillance of dengue-like inpatients reported by …

This chapter introduces key population concepts that describe qualitatively and
quantitatively the evolution of acute infectious disease outbreaks and the current state of …

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a significant public and animal health
threat. In some zoonosis, the early detection of virus spread in animals is a crucial early …

The early detection of infectious disease outbreaks is a crucial task to protect population
health. To this end, public health surveillance systems have been established to …