Volume 10, Number 7, July 2004

Alert Threshold Algorithms and Malaria Epidemic Detection

Hailay Desta Teklehaimanot,* Joel Schwartz,* Awash Teklehaimanot,† and Marc Lipsitch*
*Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; and †Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Figure 1. Method for calculating potentially preventable cases (PPC) by using weekly mean. PPC is obtained from cases in excess of the weekly mean with an 8-week window.

EID Home | Top of Page | Ahead-of-Print | Past Issues | Suggested Citation | EID Search | Contact Us | Accessibility | Privacy Policy Notice | CDC Home | CDC Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed June 9, 2004

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention