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What is the Value of a Positive Syndromic Surveillance Signal?
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One criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of a surveillance system is the system’s positive predictive value. To our knowledge few studies have described the positive predictive value of syndromic surveillance signals… read more… for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE).3 Investigations are initiated for alarm signals …