Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Online Report
Global Capacity for Emerging Infectious Disease Detection, 1996–2014
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 |
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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.