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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Online Report

Global Capacity for Emerging Infectious Disease Detection, 1996–2014

Sheryl A. KlubergComments to Author , Sumiko R. Mekaru, David J. McIver, Lawrence C. Madoff, Adam W. Crawley, Mark S. Smolinski, and John S. Brownstein
Author affiliations: Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S.A. Kluberg, S.R. Mekaru, D.J. McIver, J.S. Brownstein); ProMED-mail, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA (L.C. Madoff); University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (L.C. Madoff); Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston (L.C. Madoff); Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, California, USA (A.W. Crawley, M.S. Smolinski)

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Table 1

Milestones of interest and events used to estimate their dates in a study assessing global capacity for emerging infectious disease detection, 1996–2014

Milestone Defined as earliest of
Date of outbreak start
 • Symptom onset
• Hospitalization or medical visit
Date of outbreak discovery
 • WHO report
• ProMED source
• HealthMap source
• GPHIN source
• Announcement by a local authority figure or medical professional
• WHO notification
• Hospitalization or medical visit
• Laboratory confirmation
• Preliminary laboratory confirmation
• Declaration of an epidemic
• Alert raised
• Earlier mentioned announcement date
Date of public communication • WHO report
• ProMED source
• HealthMap source
• GPHIN source
• Announcement by a local authority figure or medical professional
• Declaration of an epidemic
• Alert raised
• Earlier mentioned announcement date

*GPHIN, Global Public Health Intelligence Network; ProMED, Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases; WHO, World Health Organization.

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