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Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance with Multiple Data Sources to Enhance Public Health Response
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In the event of a large-scale public health crisis, successfully detecting and assessing health threats and monitoring population health status over a sustained period of time is likely to require integration of information from multiple… read more… (15). Later, if the event proves to be large, only less de- tailed information about the overall size and impact of … related anthrax, New Jersey, 2001. Emerg Infect Dis 2002 Oct ;8. Available from: URL: … group. MMWR. 2001;50(RR-13). 10. Shaw WJ, Wang W, Rutz FC, Chapman EG, Rishel JP. Meteorological Integration for … -
Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
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The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more… in 4 scenarios: an outbreak of gastrointestinal ill- ness due to E. coli originating in Buffalo, New York; an outbreak … ISDS Wiki is publicly accessible. In addition, ISDS is de- veloping a registry of SS systems, with a goal of … -
Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance
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For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more… data available for research pur- poses) is to strip out all obvious identifi ers, while leaving in some information … of meeting participants. As a result, the participants did not attempt to clarify or redefi ne this boundary in the … Privacy Act (17), which is generally applicable to all U.S. government systems of records, and in other federal … -
Syndromic Surveillance Practice in the United States: Findings from a Survey of State, Territorial, and Selected Local Health Departments
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In 2007-2008, the authors surveyed public health officials in 59 state, territorial, and selected large local jurisdictions in the United States regarding their conduct and use of syndromic surveillance. Fifty-two (88%) responded, representing areas… read more… useful for detecting typical community outbreaks. Nearly all plan to include syndromic surveillance as part of their … from three state health departments who reported they did not conduct syndromic surveillance noted that local … and least useful for detecting small outbreaks. Nearly all plan to include syndromic surveillance as part of their … -
Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase
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This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].… 0 20 08 -1 5 20 08 -2 0 Midwestern State A Western City A All DiSTRIBuTE Sites 20 06 -4 20 06 -9 20 06 -1 4 20 06 -1 9 … 1/ 6/ 20 07 2/ 10 /2 00 7 3/ 17 /2 00 7 4/ 21 /2 00 7 5/ 26 /2 00 7 6/ 30 /2 00 7 8/ 4/ 20 07 9/ 8/ 20 07 10 /1 3/ 20 … CDC sentinel ILI and viral influenza isolate data (top); and age-specific temporal epidemic response surface … -
Preliminary Findings from the BioSense Evaluation Project
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In October 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded four institutions, including Emory University, to conduct evaluations of the BioSense surveillance system. These evaluations include investigations of situations… read more… and other forms of public health surveillance. This paper de- scribes preliminary observations from initial case … Our preliminary findings are not representative of all BioSense or syndromic surveillance users (or non- users) …