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. 2018 Aug 3;13(8):e0199960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199960

Table 4. Sensitivity and timeliness of PADI-web, ProMED and HealthMap (Agg.) in detecting primary outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF), foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), bluetongue (BTV) and avian influenza (AI) from January to June 2016.

Disease Signals PADI-web ProMED HealthMap (Agg.)
ASF True positive 7 11 6
False negative 4 0 5
Sensitivity 64% 100% 55%
Average delay (days) 2 2 5
Range of delays (days) 0 to 5 0 to 4 -1 to 21
FMD True positive 3 16 2
False negative 13 0 14
Sensitivity 19% 100% 13%
Average delay (days) 12 2 25
Range of delays (days) -3 to 28 0 to 4 14 to 35
BTV True positive 1 4 0
False negative 3 0 4
Sensitivity 25% 100% 0
Average delay (days) 5 2 -
Range of delays (days) 3 to 6 0 to 3 -
AI True positive 16 30 18
False negative 14 0 12
Sensitivity 53% 100% 60%
Average delay (days) 2 -6 1
Range of delays (days) -8 to 6 -90 to 7 -8 to 8