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Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems
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Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more… effects and the total daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … to compare different ways of adjusting for total facility visits and background day-of-week effects. Submitted by … -
Overcoming Operational Differences to Attain a National Picture for Novel Threats
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The May arrival of two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the US offered CDC’s BioSense SyS Program an opportunity to give CDC’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and state-and-local jurisdictions an enhanced national picture of… read more… The May arrival of two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome … by teresa.hamby@d… on Fri, 11/24/2017 - 09:06 … The May arrival of two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome … -
Use of Syndromic Data for Enhanced Surveillance: MERS Like-Syndrome
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) BioSense system receives near real-time health care utilization data from number of sources, including DoD and VA outpatient facilities, and nonfederal hospital EDs in the US to support all-hazards… read more… illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. In May 2014, CDC confirmed two unlinked imported cases of MERS … illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. In May 2014, CDC confirmed two unlinked imported cases of MERS …