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Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot
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The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more… ILI-s time-series visualized on the Distribute restricted website. Emerging Health Threats Journal 2011, 4:s48. doi: … could be visualized through the Distribute restricted website. Comparison of local ILI-narrow, ILI-broad and ILI-s … 1 Olson DR, Paladini M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 … -
Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase
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This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1].… 0 20 08 -1 5 20 08 -2 0 Midwestern State A Western City A All DiSTRIBuTE Sites 20 06 -4 20 06 -9 20 06 -1 4 20 06 -1 9 … 1/ 6/ 20 07 2/ 10 /2 00 7 3/ 17 /2 00 7 4/ 21 /2 00 7 5/ 26 /2 00 7 6/ 30 /2 00 7 8/ 4/ 20 07 9/ 8/ 20 07 10 /1 3/ 20 … CDC sentinel ILI and viral influenza isolate data (top); and age-specific temporal epidemic response surface … -
A Comparison of Locally Developed Influenza-like Syndrome Definitions Using Electronic Emergency Department Data in Boston and New York City
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To compare locally-developed influenza-like syndrome definitions (derived from emergency department (ED) chief complaints) when applied to data from two ISDS DiSTRIBuTE Project participants: Boston and New York City (NYC) [1].… daily from 50 of 61 (82%) EDs in NYC representing 94% of all ED visits (avg daily visits ~ 10,000). Each department … 2, 2005 to May 17, 2008 were calculated for each site for all ages and 6 age groups (<2, 2-4, 5-17, 18-44, 45-64, … a greater magnitude of visits as influenza-like than did the other city’s local definition. Figure – Proportion … -
Age Specific Correlations between Influenza Laboratory Data and Influenza-like Syndrome Definitions in Boston and New York City
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To compare age-group-specific correlation of influenza-like syndrome (ILS) emergency department (ED) visits with influenza laboratory data in Boston and NYC using locally defined ILS definitions.… ED morbidity patterns. Also, BPHC receives reports of all influenza isolates in Boston identified by any … from Oct 2, 2005 – May 17, 2008 were calculated for all ages, and for 6 age groups (<1, 1-4, 5-24, 25-44, 45-64, … for the <1 and 1-4 age groups was below 0.43 for all syndrome definitions. No significant correlation was … -
Using Age & Syndrome to Characterize Epidemic Winter-Seasonal Acute Gastroenteritis
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We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC).… 1 view Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … and death worldwide. Winter AGE epidemics are commonly due to rotavirus (RV) or norovirus (NV). Epidemic RV … occurring outside these confirmed RV periods was presumed due to NV. Estimates of age- and syndrome-specific excess ED … -
The spatial-temporal pattern of excess influenza visits at the (sub-)urban scale
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Quantifying the spatial-temporal diffusion of diseases such as seasonal influenza is difficult at the urban scale for a variety of reasons including the low specificity of the extant data, the heterogenous nature of healthcare seeking… read more… daily data from 50 of 55 ED’s in NYC representing 95% of all ED visits. An archive of prospective analyses records all significant spatial signals identified by our syndromic … may not be useful at the neighborhood scale. This may be due to the speed of diffusion at the urban scale. The …