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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… visited the ED on Jun 6 and information regarding that visit was available in ESSENCE the following day. The case … -
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.… analyzes multiple traditional (such as emergency room visits, private provider visits) and non-traditional (such as over-the- counter drug … for the Mary- land region: ESSENCE data revealed 18 coded visits associated with neurological disease compared to … -
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… 2 systems as monitors of respiratory illness activity. ED Visits for ILI and Pneumonia Compared to ILI/Pneumonia … /P ne um on ia O ut br ea ks ILI/Pneumonia Outbreaks ED Visits for ILI and Pneumonia Figure 1 – ED Visits for ILI and Pneumonia Compared to Number of …