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Volume 11, Number 9—September 2005
Research

Simulated Anthrax Attacks and Syndromic Surveillance

James D. Nordin*Comments to Author , Michael J. Goodman*, Martin Kulldorff†‡, Debra P. Ritzwoller§, Allyson M. Abrams†‡, Ken Kleinman†, Mary Jeanne Levitt*, James Donahue¶, and Richard Platt†‡
Author affiliations: *HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; †Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ‡Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; §Kaiser Permanente, Boulder, Colorado, USA; ¶Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA

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Table 4

Number of releases detected by day of week at a 16% infection rate*

Day of release No. releases No. detected (%)
Sunday 146 146 (100.0)
Monday 132 64 (48.5)
Tuesday 142 50 (35.2)
Wednesday 142 63 (44.3)
Thursday 156 100 (64.1)
Friday 143 134 (93.7)
Saturday 139 139 (100.0)

*Most outbreaks at this level are detected 7 or 8 days later. Thus, for outbreaks starting on Saturday or Sunday, more are detected during the next weekend.

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