Syndrome and outbreak detection using chief-complaint data--experience of the Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance project.

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Published in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep on September 24, 2004

Authors

Michael M Wagner1, J Espino, F C Tsui, P Gesteland, W Chapman, O Ivanov, A Moore, W Wong, J Dowling, J Hutman

Author Affiliations

1: Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500, Cellomics Building, 500 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. mmw@cbmi.pitt.edu

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