the outbreak, i.e. for detecting an increase in incidence as soon as possible. In Sweden, two types of data are collected … severe for ILI. No geographical pattern was found. Instead, it was found that the influenza outbreak starts at about the same … metropolitan group and the locality group were studied and it was found that the time difference in the onset of the outbreak was …

prevention, preparedness for, and management of a major animal disease emergency such as an FMD outbreak, asked the Productivity … Commission to report on the impact of a foot and mouth disease outbreak on Australia as an input to that process. The report … found that a major outbreak could cost Australia over $9 billion in lost export earnings over an eight year period and could …

diseases but also in financial and other contexts. It is important to detect the onset of the outbreak as soon as possible to … allow timely action to be taken. New observations are made sequentially, and decisions whether the outbreak has started or … to ensure a quick and reliable detection. <p>In paper I, “Robust outbreak surveillance of epidemics in Sweden”, a semi …

(RVF) outbreak and the implications of a select set of alternative disease control strategies. Livestock impact assessment …