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Approaches to Prediction Models for Poison Control Center-Based Syndromic Surveillance for Foodborne Illness
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To construct and validate a prediction algorithm that detects early increases in laboratory reports of enteric illnesses on the basis of calls to a poison control center reporting suspected foodborne illnesses.… Information Center (APDIC) and the Pima County Health De- partment (PCHD) are currently evaluating the utility of … for seasonal variations. Because the gold standard did not include data on FBDOs, i.e., cases that were epidemiologically linked to a com- mon … -
Active Surveillance of Foodborne Illnesses Using a Novel Syndrome Database
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Poison control centers (PCCs) provide a new source of real-time symptom data that could enhance surveillance systems for foodborne disease outbreaks (FBDOs) through more timely public health department interventions. PCCs provide treatment advice to… read more… OBJECTIVE This study was designed to test the use of high dis- ease transmission risk criteria in callers to a …