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Early Identification of Salmonella Cases Using Syndromic Surveillance
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On June 7, 2008, federal food protection and public health agencies alerted consumers of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections. As of June 30, 2008, 851 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same… read more… as associated with the national outbreak until Jun 26. The retrospective query for Salmonella identified a … Despite widespread publicity about the outbreak, ESSENCE did not detect large numbers of chief complaints related to Salmonella. Syndromic surveillance did detect one Salmonella case related to the current … -
Can Syndromic Surveillance Data be Useful for Monitoring Respiratory Illness Activity?
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A significant amount of resources and effort have been recently invested in syndromic surveillance systems. However, how these systems complement or compare with traditional public health surveillance systems, such as outbreak reporting, is not… read more… 90 100 1-O ct- 05 15 -O ct- 05 29 -O ct- 05 12 -N ov -05 26 -N ov -05 10 -D ec -05 24 -D ec -05 7-J an -06 21 -Ja n-0 … 07 31 -M ar- 07 14 -A pr- 07 28 -A pr- 07 12 -M ay -07 26 -M ay -07 Date C ou nt s of IL I a nd P ne um on ia C hi … is bias related to reporting sources, since over 50% of all outbreaks reported are from a long term care facility … -
Identifying a Meningitis Case through Syndromic Surveillance: An Example of Detecting Events of Public Health Importance and Improving Situational Awareness
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data for situational awareness.… ingitis, particularly bacterial meningitis, is important due to its severity and rapidity of disease progression. … Further assessment of details identified 9 visits (all residents of the same county), who received … data in order to detect events early. This specific event did reveal: • The need for standardized protocols for … -
Lessons Learned from a National Capitol Region Syndromic Surveillance Tabletop Exercise, Spring 2005
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This paper describes lessons learned from a regional tabletop exercise (TTX) of the National Capital Region (NCR) Syndromic Surveillance Network, from the perspective of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).… included emergency manage- ment and policy makers, from all jurisdictions in the NCR participating in the syndromic … from local, state and federal part- ners representing all jurisdictions in the NCR for a practical experience … system, when using syndromic surveillance data to make de- cisions about public health emergencies: formal fol- …