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Detection of Outbreak Signals Using R

Detection of Outbreak Signals Using R

Detection of Outbreak Signals Using R

Authors of this article:

Steve E. Rigdon1 ;   George Turabelidze2 ;   Richard DeClue1 ;   Sarah Patrick1 ;   Ehsan Jahanpour2 ;   Rong He2 ;   Jennifer Lloyd2
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    Regression analysis is used to fit a periodic model to weekly disease counts for reportable diseases in Missouri. These trigonometric models are then used to obtain upper control limits for the number of cases that would lead to an outbreak signal. The methods, including graphics, are implemented in the open source statistical package R.