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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… Olson et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4949 SAS if preferred. Sites were asked … M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 www.isdsjournal.org/article/view/3307/2456. 2 Paladini M, … J, Murray E, Gunn J, Olson D. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:50 www.isdsjournal.org/article/view/3252/2359. 3 Pendarvis J, … -
Surveillance triggers for community-based mitigation of pandemic influenza
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Four waves of pandemic influenza from 1918-1920 in New York City caused ~40,000 deaths, primarily of young-adults and children. The explosiveness of the autumn 1918 wave has led many to believe that in the event of a similar… read more… OBJECTIVE In response to an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report1 recommending community-based pandemic influenza … of community-wide epidemic >3.2 sd (Serfling model). 1. IOM (2006) Modeling Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza (National Academies Press, DC). http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11800.html 2. Hatchett RJ, Mecher CE & … -
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].… figures. Findings were summarized and disseminated via www.syndromic.org. RESULTS During the 2007/08 influenza … (TERS) plots (bottom). REFERENCES [1] DiSTRIBuTE. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm [2] Olson DR, … Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-21 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071018-10.html … -
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… and DR Olson.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 3333 regularities of the patterns across … Health Threats Journal KJ Konty and DR Olson. 2011, 4:s35 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 3434 … -
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.… Tracking and Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project. http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm Boston -0.25 0.00 … -
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].… from other diverse jurisdictions. REFERENCES [1] http://www.syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm [2] Olson, …