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An Emergency Department Based Syndromic Surveillance System for Meningitis and Encephalitis, Maricopa County, AZ 2004
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We developed, implemented and evaluated Meningitis and Encephalitis (M/E) syndrome case definitions based on electronic Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint data; and assessed their ability to detect aberrations that correspond with M/E… read more… for 570 (70%) of these cases. Abstracted data included ED visit date and time, age, gender, chief complaint and … -
Multilingual Chief Complaint Classifier
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Free text chief complaints (CCs), which may be recorded in different languages, are an important data source for syndromic surveillance systems. For automated syndromic surveillance, CCs must be classified into predefined syndromic categories to… read more… 11(11), 1170-1176. Further Information: Hsin-Min Lu, hmlu@email.arizona.edu; http://ai.arizona.edu Advances in Disease … -
Enhancing Surveillance for Infectious Disease in the US-Mexico Border Region of Arizona
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The Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) program was established in 1999 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mexico Secretariat of Health, following mandates from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and… read more… J Emerg Infect Dis. 2003;9:97�102. *Orion McCotter E-mail: orion.mccotter@azdhs.gov (page number not for citation …