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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Dispatch

Thresholds versus Anomaly Detection for Surveillance of Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality

Timothy L. WiemkenComments to Author , Ana Santos Rutschman, Samson L. Niemotka, and Daniel Hoft
Author affiliation: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Pneumonia and influenza mortality surveillance using anomaly detection analysis versus threshold method, United States. A) Line chart representing anomaly detection analysis of surveillance. Red points indicate anomalous data points. B) Line chart representing the pneumonia and influenza mortality data using the standard FluView (4) threshold method. Gray areas indicate values between expected (baseline seasonal mortality) and the epidemic threshold. Red areas indicate areas beyond expected or epidemic threshold values.

Figure. Pneumonia and influenza mortality surveillance using anomaly detection analysis versus threshold method, United States. A) Line chart representing anomaly detection analysis of surveillance. Red points indicate anomalous data points. B) Line chart representing the pneumonia and influenza mortality data using the standard FluView (4) threshold method. Gray areas indicate values between expected (baseline seasonal mortality) and the epidemic threshold. Red areas indicate areas beyond expected or epidemic threshold values.

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