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  • Characterizing Socioeconomic Disparities in the Burden of Influenza and RSV Using Surveillance Data

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    To measure the impact, within administrative geographic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real-time syndromic surveillance.
    … geographic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real-time … graphic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real- time … infec- tions,(2) however, the impact of socioeconomic dis- parities on the burden of influenza and RSV among …
  • The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment

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    Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more
    … of the survey tool for each of the syndrome categories de- termined. These results were compared using McNemar’s … based on physician diagnostic codes (p<.001 for all syndrome comparisons). CONCLUSIONS Classifications based … population. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004;20:355-60. [2] Tsui FC, Wagner MM, Dato V, Chang CC. Value of ICD-9 coded chief …
  • Automated chronic disease surveillance and visualization using electronic health record data

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    Chronic diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for Americans but public health surveillance for these conditions is limited. Health departments currently use telephone interviews, medical surveys, and death certificates to gather… read more
    … and care (medications and medical nutrition counseling). De-identified linelists are transmitted nightly to a secure website called the ‘RiskScape’ that auto- matically maps … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in …
  • Privacy Protection versus Cluster Detection in Spatial Epidemiology

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    With the widespread deployment of near real time population health monitoring, there is increasing focus on spatial cluster detection for identifying disease outbreaks. These spatial epidemiologic methods rely on knowledge of patient location to… read more
    … subsequent spatial analyses. The impact of location error due to centroid assignment on the statistical analyses … subsequent spatial analyses. The impact of location error due to centroid assignment on the statistical analyses … pediatric, tertiary care hospital. Baseline data were all encounters with a chief complaint or diagnosis …
  • Use of Surveillance Data to Measure the Impact of Viral Infections among Young Children

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    Respiratory viruses cause substantial morbidity and costly resource utilization among young children, especially during the winter months. Accurate estimates of the impact of these viruses are important in guiding prevention efforts… read more
    … based on chief complaints, which are elicited from all patients presenting to the ED. The second population … RSV infections was 6.8 (95%CI: 5.6, 8.3) and 29.6 (95%CI: 26.6, 33.0) per 1000 children, respectively. … 2-4 years of age, the rates were 1.1 (95%CI: 0.47, 2.6) and 2.5 (95%CI: 1.4, 4.2) per 1000 children, …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

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    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications… read more
    … 8 views Submitted by hparton on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 14:34 … the percent of patients who tested positive for GAS for all combinations of Centor score and RLPP. Using standard … patients with Centor scores of 1–4, represented by the top 4 lines in the figure below, the percent of patients …
  • Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance

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    Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more
    … the percent of patients who tested positive for GAS for all combinations of Centor score and RLPP. Using standard … patients with Centor scores of 1–4, represented by the top 4 lines in the figure below, the percent of patients …
  • Designing Epidemiological Networks for Real-world Surveillance Settings

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    This paper describes the syndromic networks paradigm and its application to various surveillance settings.
    … consensus view is constructed for each node by combining all these perspectives. A full network is shown. The paper … [1 Reis BY, Kohane IS, Mandl KD, PLoS Med. 2007 Jun 26;4(6):e210 [2] Wetterhall SF, Coulombier DM, Herndon JM, … SARS-related perceptions in Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis 11: 417-424. Further Information: Ben Reis, …