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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Standardization of case definition and development of early-warning model for acute respiratory infection syndromes based on Yinzhou Regional Health Information Platform.

Tianfei Yi, Junfeng Zhang, Peng Shen, Yexiang Sun

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Tianfei YiYinzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Junfeng ZhangYinzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Peng ShenYinzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Yexiang SunYinzhou District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

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Background: Acute respiratory infection syndromes (ARIs) pose major public health challenges due to their high infectivity, rapid transmission, and the lack of standardized definitions balancing sensitivity and specificity in current surveillance systems. Objective: Using data from Yinzhou Regional Health Information Platform (YRHIP), we refined ARIs definition, improved classical epidemic criteria and designed a comprehensive graded early-warning model to enhance early response capabilities. Methods: We optimized ARIs definition based on laboratory-confirmed cases and evaluating screening performance with clinical diagnoses. Anomaly detection methods, including historical limits method (HLM), moving percentile method (MPM), cumulative sum control chart (CUSUM), and exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA), were employed to develop a graded early-warning model. Syndrome selection and parameter tuning were guided by Youden's index, agreement rate and F1-score. Results: The refined ARIs definition includes: Acute-phase fever with at least one typical respiratory symptoms; or acute-phase fever with at least two atypical respiratory symptoms; or at least one typical respiratory symptoms combined with at least two atypical respiratory symptoms. Furthermore, we demonstrate that ARIs outperform ILIs definition in early screening due to their broader symptom scope. By leveraging multidimensional time series data, we developed a robust epidemic criteria framework for early-warning models. The optimal early-warning parameters included configurations of HLM ( Conclusion: This study establishes an optimized, multi-model-based framework for ARIs early-warning that balances sensitivity and specificity to strengthen public health management against diverse pathogens.

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Respiratory Tract InfectionsAcute DiseaseChinaHumansacute respiratory infection syndromescumulative sum control chartepidemic criteriaexponentially weighted moving averagehistorical limits methodinfluenza-like illness syndromesmoving percentile method

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