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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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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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spelling pubmed-53673942017-04-07 Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease Chow, Angela Ho, Hanley Win, Mar-Kyaw Leo, Yee-Sin Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5367394/ /pubmed/28117032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161716 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease
title Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease
title_full Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease
title_fullStr Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease
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title_short Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Surveillance Case Definitions for Zika Virus Disease
title_sort assessing sensitivity and specificity of surveillance case definitions for zika virus disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367394/
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