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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… bloody diar- rhea, fever or illness ≥ 4 days); and 5) un-intentional or intentional food contamination. We … Further Information: Mary Derby, mpderby@email.arizona.edu Advances in Disease Surveillance … -
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.… ADS 2007;2:101. Further Information: Mary Derby, mpderby@email.arizona.edu Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:100 …