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Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System Using Chief-Complaint Data at Emergency Department of One Regional Hospital in Taipei City to Detect Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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Facing public health threats of bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases (EID), the traditional passive surveillance system is not efficient and outmoded. Evidences reveal that several newly developed syndromic surveillance… read more… and set up baseline clinical data and epidemic threshold. Due to English barriers and standardized language problem in … and set up baseline clinical data and epidemic threshold. Due to English barriers and standardized language problem in … stored in the data base. We categorized ED patients into dif- ferent syndromic groups using CoCo and ICD-9 as … -
Increasing Mild Enterovirus Cases Provides An Important Signal of Up-coming Trends in Elevating Severe Enterovirus Cases
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In July 2012, the 54 children infected with enterovirus-71(EV71) were died in Cambodia. The media called it as mystery illness and made Asian parents worried. In fact, the severe epidemics of enterovirus occurred frequently in Asia, including… read more… the 54 children infected with enterovirus-71(EV71) were died in Cambodia. The media called it as mystery illness and … the 54 children infected with enterovirus-71(EV71) were died in Cambodia. The media called it as mystery illness and … -
Establishment of Public-access Syndromic Surveillance System in Taipei City, Taiwan
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Taiwan had established a nation-wide emergency department (ED)-based syndromic surveillance system since 2004, with a mean detection sensitivity of 0.67 in 2004-06 [1]. However, this system may not represent the true epidemic situation of infectious… read more… settings, sources of the infection and social network all together may still facilitate the transmissions. These … settings, sources of the infection and social network all together may still facilitate the transmissions. These … signal NNRS had detected. With CUSUM, case numbers did increase in week 34�35 and fell out thresholds in week … -
Monitoring Dynamic Tempo-Spatial Changes of Influenza-Like Illness During 2005-2007 through Sentinal-Physician Surveillance in Taiwan Using Ring Maps
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The global health threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been increasing rapidly in the world since the crosscountry outbreaks during 2003-04. In South and East Asia, the human influenza A (H3N2) was proved to be seeded… read more… IN INFLUENZALIKE ILLNESS, JAPAN, 1992-1999. EMERG INFECT DIS 2004;10(10):1822-6. 3.FLAHAULT A, ET AL . VIRTUAL …