TY - JOUR AU - Alsentzer, Emily AU - Ballard, Sarah-Blythe AU - Neyra, Joan AU - Vera, Delphis AU - Osorio, Victor AU - Quispe, Jose AU - Blazes, David AU - Loayza, Luis T1 - Assessing 3 Outbreak Detection Algorithms in an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System in a Resource-Limited Setting T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2196 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated the performance of X-bar chart, exponentially weighted moving average, and C3 cumulative sums aberration detection algorithms for acute diarrheal disease syndromic surveillance at naval sites in Peru during 2007–2011. The 3 algorithms’ detection sensitivity was 100%, specificity was 97%–99%, and positive predictive value was 27%–46%. KW - outbreak detection algorithms KW - syndromic surveillance KW - acute diarrheal disease KW - resource-limited setting KW - enteric infections DO - 10.3201/eid2609.191315 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/19-1315_article ER - End of Reference