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| Title: | Assessing sensitivity and specificity of surveillance case definitions for zika virus disease | Authors: | Chow, A Ho, H Win, M.-K Leo, Y.-S |
Keywords: | adult arthralgia Article conjunctivitis controlled study disease surveillance female gastrointestinal symptom headache hospital laboratory human major clinical study male myalgia pruritus rash reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction sensitivity and specificity Zika virus epidemic health survey middle aged pathology Singapore young adult Zika fever Adult Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Singapore Young Adult Zika Virus Infection |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Citation: | Chow, A, Ho, H, Win, M.-K, Leo, Y.-S (2017). Assessing sensitivity and specificity of surveillance case definitions for zika virus disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases 23 (4) : 677-679. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161716 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | We evaluated performance of 5 case definitions for Zika virus disease surveillance in a human cohort during an outbreak in Singapore, August 26–September 5, 2016. Because laboratory tests are largely inaccessible, use of case definitions that include rash as a required clinical feature are useful in identifying this disease. © 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All Rights Reserved. | Source Title: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/179213 | ISSN: | 10806040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid2304.161716 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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