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    The syndromic surveillance system “2SE FAG” has been installed within the French Armed Forces in French Guiana (3000 people) in October 2004 [1-2]. During the conception and the deployment of such a system, ergonomic issues were highlighted and… read more
    … in French.pdf 4 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … H, Pellegrin L, Langevin S, Tournebize O, Moine G, De- paris X, Migliani R, Spiegel A, Boutin J-P, Morvan J, …
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    In November 2002 a NATO summit meeting issued an initiative calling for member states to begin development of an interoperable disease surveillance system that had the ability to give early warning in the event of an attack on… read more
    … response, the French military have developed the “Projet de Surveillance Spatiale des épidémies au Sein des Forces … Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France, 3Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de santé des armées, …
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    This paper describes the early warning that has been activated by the syndromic surveillance system installed within the Armed Forces in French Guiana and the consequences for Public Health decisions.
    … 6 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … R, Spiegel A, Morvan J, Boutin J-P Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de santé des armées, …
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    This paper describes the synthesis of benefits and problems that French Armed Forces had to take into account for the implementation of syndromic surveillance within their epidemiological surveillance strategy.
    … MD, MPH, Jean-Paul Boutin2, MD, MPH. 1Ecole du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France, 2Institut de Médecine Tropicale du service de santé des armées, Marseilles, France, 3Université de la …
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    Evaluation is a major topic in order to enhance syndromic surveillance. In May 2004, a CDC working group developed a framework for evaluating public health surveillance systems for early detection of outbreaks. This framework has… read more
    … MSc, Jean-Paul Boutin5, MD, MPH. 1Institute Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, 2Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France, 3Liverpool School of … forces. This pro- posal constituted a tool usable for all nations which wanted to develop an evaluation program …
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    An outbreak of dengue fever has occured in French Guiana since the end of November 2005 until July 2006. The dengue serotype circulating was DEN-2, responsible of more than 2 000 confirmed cases and 4 deaths. The previous… read more
    … 7 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … Djossou F, Moine G, Morvan J, Quénel P. Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana, Cellule Inter … 3 hospi- tals’ emergency units, the health centers all over the county (existing in remote places where no GP …