Outbreak detector: a web application to boost disease surveillance systems and timely detection of infectious disease epidemics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Digital technologies have improved the performance of surveillance systems through early detection of outbreaks and epidemic control. The aim of this study is to introduce an outbreak detection web application called OBDETECTOR (Outbreak Detector), which as a professional web application has the ability to process weekly or daily reported data from disease surveillance systems and facilitates the early detection of disease outbreaks.

Results

OBDETECTOR generates a histogram that exhibits the trend of infection within a time range selected by the user. The output comprises red triangles and plus signs, where the former denotes outbreak days determined by the algorithm applied to the data, and the latter represents days identified as outbreaks by the researcher. The

SUBMITTER: Zareie B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11334589 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature