A statistical modelling approach for determining the cause of reported respiratory syndromes from internet-based participatory surveillance when influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 are co-circulating.

Symptom-only case definitions are insufficient to discriminate COVID-like illness from acute respiratory infection (ARI) or influenza-like illness (ILI), due to the overlap in case definitions. Our objective was to develop a statistical method that does not rely on case definitions to determine the...

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Main Authors: Scott A McDonald, Albert Jan van Hoek, Daniela Paolotti, Mariette Hooiveld, Adam Meijer, Marit de Lange, Infectieradar team, Arianne van Gageldonk-Lafeber, Jacco Wallinga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-12-01
Series:PLOS Digital Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000655
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