Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease

We evaluated performance of 5 case definitions for Zika virus disease surveillance in a human cohort during an outbreak in Singapore, August 26–September 5, 2016. Because laboratory tests are largely inaccessible, use of case definitions that include rash as a required clinical feature are useful in...

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Autores principales: Chow, Angela, Ho, Hanley, Win, Mar-Kyaw, Leo, Yee-Sin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117032
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161716
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Sumario:We evaluated performance of 5 case definitions for Zika virus disease surveillance in a human cohort during an outbreak in Singapore, August 26–September 5, 2016. Because laboratory tests are largely inaccessible, use of case definitions that include rash as a required clinical feature are useful in identifying this disease.

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