Displaying results 1 - 2 of 2
-
Disease Profile Development Methodology for Syndromic Surveillance of Biological Threat Agents
Content Type: Abstract
Detection of biological threat agents (BTAs) is critical to the rapid initiation of treatment, infection control measures, and public health emergency response plans. Due to the rarity of BTAs, standard methodology for developing syndrome… read more… any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 70 Citation: Emerging Health Threats Journal 2011, 4: 11107 … M. A spatial scan statistic. Commun Stat Theor Meth. 1997;26:1481�96. *Frank Hardisty E-mail: hardisty@psu.edu (page … days from arrival to updated location was 115 in 2009 and 70 in 2010. Conclusions Over one third of immigrant and … -
Impact of alternate diagnoses on the accuracy of influenza-like illness case definition used for H1N1 screening in the emergency department
Content Type: Abstract
In June 2009, the CDC defined a confirmed case of H1N1 as a person with an ILI and laboratory confirmed novel influenza A H1N1 virus infection. ILI is defined by the CDC as fever and cough and/or sore throat, in the absence of a known cause… read more… study design conducted from September 5, 2009 to May 5, 2010, at an emergency department of a large urban … diagnosis. This demonstrates how surveillance methodology may affect ILI rates reported by hospitals, and subsequently …