Bayesian Contact Tracing for Communicable Respiratory Disease
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Bayesian Contact Tracing for Communicable Respiratory Disease
Objective The purpose of our work is to develop a system for automatic contact tracing with the goal of identifying individuals who are most likely infected, even if we do not have direct diagnostic information on their health status. Control of the spread of respiratory pathogens (e.g. novel influenza viruses) in the population using vaccination is a challenging problem that requires quick ide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1947-2579
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4574