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We describe the design and implementation of a novel automated outbreak detection system in Germany that monitors the routinely collected surveillance data for communicable diseases. Detecting unusually high case counts as early as possible is crucial as an accumulation may indicate an ongoing outbreak. The detection in our system is based on state-of-the-art statistical procedures conducting the necessary data mining task. In addition, we have developed effective methods to improve the presentation of the results of such algorithms to epidemiologists and other system users. The objective was to effectively integrate automatic outbreak detection into the epidemiological workflow of a public health institution. Since 2013, the system has been in routine use at the German Robert Koch Institute.

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A system for automated outbreak detection of communicable diseases in Germany
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Ma%C3%ABlle+Salmon&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Salmon Maëlle</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dirk+Schumacher&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schumacher Dirk</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hendrik+Burmann&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Burmann Hendrik</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christina+Frank&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Frank Christina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hermann+Claus&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Claus Hermann</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+H%C3%B6hle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Höhle Michael</a></span>. A system for automated outbreak detection of communicable diseases in Germany. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(13):pii=30180. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.13.30180" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.13.30180</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 15 May 2015;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 23 Nov 2015 </span> </p>
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