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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… Free text chief complaints (CCs), which may be recorded in different languages, are an important … BACKGROUND Free text chief complaints (CCs), which may be re- corded in different languages, are an important … predictive value, and specificity. This system design may be expanded to process CCs in other languages. … -
Enhancing Surveillance for Arboviral Infections in the Arizona Border Region
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West Nile Virus (WNV) and dengue virus (DENV) are both arboviruses which are transmitted to humans by an infected mosquito bite during blood-meal feeding. The clinical presentations of nonneuroinvasive WNV and dengue fever are similar, and symptoms… read more… WNV and dengue fever are similar, and symptoms may include acute onset of high fever, headache, myalgia, … WNV and dengue fever are similar, and symptoms may include acute onset of high fever, headache, myalgia, … -
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… November 30, 2004. Medical records were reviewed for 570 (70%) of these cases. Abstracted data included ED visit date … for each case definition. RESULTS A total of 243 (26%) reported M/E cases visited the 5 hospitals for which electronic data was …