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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Online Report

Global Capacity for Emerging Infectious Disease Detection, 1996–2014

Sheryl A. KlubergComments to Author , Sumiko R. Mekaru, David J. McIver, Lawrence C. Madoff, Adam W. Crawley, Mark S. Smolinski, and John S. Brownstein
Author affiliations: Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S.A. Kluberg, S.R. Mekaru, D.J. McIver, J.S. Brownstein); ProMED-mail, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA (L.C. Madoff); University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (L.C. Madoff); Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston (L.C. Madoff); Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, California, USA (A.W. Crawley, M.S. Smolinski)

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Table 6

Results of univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses, overall and by region, in a study assessing global capacity for emerging infectious disease detection, 1996–2014

Region No. outbreaks Median no. days to discovery (95% CI) No. outbreaks Days to communication
hazard ratio (95% CI)
All* 342 1.06 (1.03–1.08)† 346 1.03 (1.01–1.05)†
Africa 175 1.05 (1.02–1.08)† 177 1.01 (0.98–1.04)
Americas 31 1.06 (0.99–1.13) 31 1.03 (0.97–1.10)
Eastern Mediterranean 39 1.08 (1.01–1.15)† 39 1.06 (1.00–1.13)†
Europe 25 1.04 (0.96–1.12) 25 1.02 (0.95–1.10)
South-East Asia 24 1.06 (0.97–1.15) 25 1.03 (0.94–1.11)
Western Pacific 47 1.07 (1.01–1.14)† 48 1.08 (1.02–1.14)†

*Includes colonies/territories/countries without a WHO region classification.
†Statistically significant (α = 0.05).

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