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Real-time Warning and Signal Verification for Infectious Disease Outbreaks using Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural Jiangxi Province, China
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Despite the global emergence of syndromic surveillance systems and theories in recent years, the practical performance of this surveillance method under real circumstances had been rarely evaluated, especially in resource-limited areas. Since April… read more -
The Growth and Variation of Symptoms of Influenza-like Illness: An Application of the Linear Growth Curve Model in Syndromic Surveillance in Rural China
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Symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) were reported daily by health workers via the integrated syndromic surveillance system in rural China (ISSC)(1). Objective To analyze the growth and variation of ILI reports using… read more -
Capacity and Needs Assessment for Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China: A Mixed Study
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Syndromic surveillance has great advantages in promoting the early detection of infectious disease outbreak and enabling the real-time tracking of on-going epidemics. However, establishing a syndromic surveillance system required huge investment in… read more -
Inconsistency of Timeliness in a Chief Complaint-Based Syndromic Surveillance System During Two Influenza Epidemic Seasons
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Syndromic surveillance system has been developed and implemented all over the world, and many studies showed that syndromic data sources had improved timeliness towards traditional surveillance method in the early warning of some infectious disease… read more -
Fever in Children - an Assessment of Validity by a Shewhart Model in a Syndromic Surveillance System in China
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Since April 2012, an integrated syndromic surveillance system in rural China (ISSC) has been established in health facilities in two rural counties of Jiangxi Province, China [1]. The objective of ISSC is to integrate syndromic surveillance with… read more -
Modeling Spatial Heterogeneity with Excess Zeroes from School Absenteeism dSata
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Absenteeism has been considered as a potential indicator for the early detection of infectious disease outbreaks in population, especially in primary schools. However, in practice this data are often characterized by an excess of zeros and spatial… read more