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Syndromic Surveillance System for the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Meeting 2008
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Infection Control Law in Japan has asked doctors to cooperate in syndromic surveillance for pandemic flu and smallpox since 2007. However, doctors have to report by typing the number of patients on the web site, or by sending a… read more… private research company, their health condition through PC or cellular phone. Though aberration signals are reported … -
Full Automatic Syndromic Surveillance System Using Prescription in Japan
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I Medical services for outpatients are well developed due to universal public health insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of outpatients provides very timely information to detect… read more… I Medical services for outpatients are well developed due to universal public health insurance. Even patients who … drugs prescribed are delivered through pharmacies. Almost all pharmacies record prescriptions electronically. … I Medical services for outpatients are well developed due to universal public health insurance. Even pa- tients … -
Estimation of Influenza Incidence by Age in the 2011/12 Seasons in Japan using SASSy
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So as to develop more effective countermeasures against influenza, timely and precise information about influenza activity at schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools may be helpful. At the Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center of the National… read more… (NSASSy). These systems record the number of absentees due to infectious diseases in each class of all grades of schools every day. As a powerful … which together comprised 15,700 schools (about 35% of all schools in Japan), utilized SASSy. NSASSy is used in … -
Real-time estimation and prediction for pandemic A/H1N1 (2009) in Japan
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Unfortunately, confirmation and notification of all A/H1N1 (2009) patients in Japan was ceased on 24 July when the cumulative number of patients was about 5000. After that, as all suspected patients are not necessarily confirmed or reported, the… read more… Unfortunately, confirmation and notification of all A/H1N1 (2009) patients in Japan was ceased on 24 July … number of patients was about 5000. After that, as all suspected patients are not necessarily confirmed or … patients from 5000 clinics accounting for almost 10% of all clinics and hospitals in Japan. However, because the … -
Experimental Syndromic Surveillance in Japan Using Three Aspects: OTC, Outpatients Visits and Ambulance Transfer
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We started an experimental syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer from this year so as to early detect bioterrorism attack (BTA).… sales data for a common cold from 600 pharmacies in all over Japan. This includes the data from November, 2002 … to 27th June 2005, focusing on five types of symptoms, i.e. fever, respiratory symptoms, diarrhea, vomiting, and … 2,3) We estimate the baseline estimation prospectively, i.e. sample period is from January 1st 2003 to yesterday, … -
Introduction to the System of Combined National Surveillances for Early Detection
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The first prototype syndromic surveillance in Japan was used during the G8 summit meeting in 2000 with two local prefectures involved. The second trial syndromic surveillance and the first internet-based surveillance used in 2002… read more… 3 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … the System of Combined National Surveillances for Early De- tection M. Shigematsu, M.D., Ph.D., K. Taniguchi, M.D., …