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An Examination of Syndromic Surveillance for Early Detection of Nosocomial Outbreaks
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So as to be able to detect nosocomial outbreaks at an early stage, we examine the construction of a syndromic surveillance system for inpatients who have fever, respiratory symptoms, diarrhea, vomiting or rash and evaluate its statistical properties. -
An Experimental Fully Automatic Syndromic Surveillance in Japan
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Since we donÃt know when such a disaster may occur, we have to perform this syndromic surveillance routinely, and thus the system should be automatic. Namely, information is drawn from electronic medical records (EMR), and is statistical analyzed,… read more -
Detecting Web Rumours with a Multilingual Ontology-Supported Text Classification System
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Timely surveillance of disease outbreak events of public health concern currently requires detailed and time consuming manual analysis by experts. Recently in addition to traditional information sources, the World Wide Web … read more -
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). -
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 -
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 -
Operation of the evacuation site surveillance for the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
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In 2011, March 11th, the big earthquake attacked eastern Japan followed by huge tsunami and nuclear plant accident. Consequently a lot of people could not help living in evacuation sites. Since those evaluation sites have high density of population… read more -
Operation of the evacuation site surveillance for the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
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In 2011, March 11th, the big earthquake attacked eastern Japan, and forced a lot of people to live in evacuation sites. Since those evaluation sites have high density of population and sanitary condition was poor in these sites, outbreaks of… read more