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A Survey of Usage and Response Protocols of Syndromic Surveillance Systems by State Public Health Departments in the United States
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Within the syndromic surveillance literature there are acknowledged gaps with respect to penetration of syndromic surveillance systems and standard or promising practices for response. The lack of adequate data and evidence-based… read more… we coded short answer responses and participant com- ments to identify common themes related to experi- … system and nine (25%) from four or more systems. The most com- mons systems included BioSense (n=20, 59%) and RODS … 2007: 21: 32- 38. [3] ISDS Registry Project. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/registry.htm. Accessed 4-20- 008, … -
Framework for the Development of Response Protocols for Public Health Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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Although syndromic surveillance cannot serve its intended purpose without the timely public health response launched after aberration detection, the literature is very limited with respect to response to syndromic surveillance… read more… based on ex- perience with a single system, ESSENCE, and con- cluded that careful development of an evaluation and … experi- ences with multiple systems, it can be used as a com- mon resource for public health practitioners develop- … -
Methodology for prediction of outbreaks of diseases of military importance
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Traditional public health practice has relied on public health surveillance of disease to detect outbreaks in an effort to mitigate their effects. Often the earlier an outbreak is detected, the greater the mitigation of its effects. The logical… read more… Buczak et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 55 References 1 Burnette WN, Hoke CH, … Health Threats Journal AL Buczak et al. 2011, 4:s9 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 66 … -
The Development of Virtual Data for Syndromic Surveillance Exercises
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On 27 April 2005, a simulated bioterrorist event—the aerosolized release of Francisella tularensis in the men’s room of luxury box seats at a sports stadium—was used to exercise the disease surveillance capability of the National Capital Region (NCR… read more… utili- zation behavior model at a time dependent on symp- tom onset and duration and at a location based on the …