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We developed a new activity level setting threshold method, the mean standard deviation (MSD) method to quantify COVID-19 activity levels. This has been validated against the moving epidemic method (MEM), which has been used for influenza for many years, and we observed very similar results. The MSD method can prove to be a tool to use for respiratory viruses with limited historical data or seasonality to quantify activity levels when other respiratory viruses are also circulating.

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Setting thresholds to determine COVID-19 activity levels using the mean standard deviation (MSD) method, England, 2022–2024
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Mary+A+Sinnathamby&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sinnathamby Mary A</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tania+Bourouphael&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bourouphael Tania</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jacob+Boateng&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Boateng Jacob</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Magali+Collonnaz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Collonnaz Magali</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Catherine+Quinot&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Quinot Catherine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nurin+Abdul+Aziz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Aziz Nurin Abdul</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Suzanne+Elgohari&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Elgohari Suzanne</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Rebecca+E+Green&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Green Rebecca E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gavin+Dabrera&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dabrera Gavin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jamie+Lopez-Bernal&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lopez-Bernal Jamie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alex+Allen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Allen Alex</a></span>. Setting thresholds to determine COVID-19 activity levels using the mean standard deviation (MSD) method, England, 2022–2024. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2024;29(45):pii=2400696. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.45.2400696" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.45.2400696</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 21 Oct 2024;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 06 Nov 2024 </span> </p>
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