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The BioSense Influenza Module
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BioSense is a national system that receives, analyzes, and visualizes electronic health data and makes it available for public health use. In December 2007 CDC added the Influenza Module to the main BioSense application.… read more… codes for acute respi- ratory illness (ARI) (ICD-9-CM codes 460-466 or 480-487). Data from all sources are … CONCLUSIONS The BioSense Influenza Module collates and co- presents traditional and automated influenza surveil- … -
Surveillance of West Nile Virus Activity Using Biosense Laboratory Test Order Data
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West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause meningitis and encephalitis. Since its discovery in New York City during an encephalitis outbreak in 1999, WNV has become endemic in North America. In the United States, 16,000 human WNV… read more… I. Tokars, MD1, Roseanne English1, Theresa L. Smith, MD2, Col- leen Bradley, MSPH1, Leslie Sokolow1,3, Henry Rolka, … -
Analyses of National Syndromic Surveillance Data: Real-Time Hospital, Veterans Affairs (VA) & Department of Defense (DoD) Data
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Since July 2004 the BioSense program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received data from DoD military and VA outpatient clinics (not in real time). In January 2006 real-time hospital data (e.g. chief complaints and… read more… (80% inpatient). 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% All S yn dr om es Bo tul ism Hem or rh ag ic Illn es s Ly mph ad en itis … h Sp ec ific In fec tio n Fe ve r P er ce nt o f S yn dr om e Outpatient Inpatient/Admitted Emergency Figure 2 …