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The Use of Rapid Diagnostic Assays to Supplement Syndromic Surveillance: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Project in New York City
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Syndromic surveillance systems can detect increases in respiratory and gastrointestinal illness, but diagnosis of etiologic agents can be delayed due to difficult, time-consuming identification and low rates of testing for viral pathogens. Rapid… read more… disease patterns and reports clusters to the clinical site and public health authorities. RESULTS Between 3/15/06 … in NYC has been difficult. The pace of clinical care within the ED, the lack of dedicated clinical staff, … to include hospi- tal outpatient facilities and primary care sites with electronic medical records, where specimen … -
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].… 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 20 06 -2 4 20 … depict respiratory, fever and influenza-like syndrome ED visits by jurisdiction as percent of total. 1/ 21 /2 00 6 2/ … (3-digit zip code or larger regions) to a secure Internet site. Weekly aggregate ratios of febrile respiratory or … -
Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition Development Using Recursive Partitioning Techniques for Highly Dimensional Databases
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Seasonal influenza accounts for a high proportion of outpatient morbidity during the winter months. However, influenza case counts are greatly underestimated due to frequently undiagnosed influenza. Electronic medical record (EMR… read more… following database tables: age, vital signs, reason for visit, procedures (CPT), and diagnoses (ICD-9). 10-fold … rate, 51 CPT codes, 46 ICD-9 codes, and 41 ‘reasons for visit’ were identified for the final model analysis. The … 1. This model includes Temperature, Age, 8 reasons for visit (Sore throat, Fever, Cough, Cold symptoms, Throat … -
Algorithms to Characterize Syndromic Surveillance Spatial Alerts
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This paper explores some visualization methods for characterizing spatial signals detected by SaTScan and discusses how these maps might aid in deciding whether to investigate a signal, as well as the scope and focus of the investigation.… 48 hospitals encompassing approximately 90% of all NYC ED visits. Syndromes are coded according to chief complaint and … -
Can Internet Searches Provide Useful Data For Public Health Surveillance?
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Internet-based technologies have been used to assist in disease surveillance and reporting. The Public Health Agency of Canada operates the Global Public Health Information Network, credited with early notification of many outbreaks (… read more… collects foodborne illness reports from visitors to a web site and has been used to identify foodborne outbreaks in … searches prior to seeking medical attention. An early site-based study found limited utility to monitoring of … collects foodborne illness reports from visitors to a web site and has been used to identify foodborne outbreaks in … -
Predicting Probabilities of Flu Vaccination and Commuting Methods Having Elevated Flu Transmission Probabilities in New York City
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Aerial transmission and direct contact are important factors for flu. Consequently, close contact with large groups of people, such as during mass transit, present opportunities for transmission. One protective method that… read more… subject did not commute or commuted by bicycle, walking, car, taxi or ferry. Then using data from the CHS, we fit a …