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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… the nationwide Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. The case visited the ED on Jun 6 and information regarding that visit was available in ESSENCE the following day. The case … as associated with the national outbreak until Jun 26. The retrospective query for Salmonella identified a … -
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 … ultimately confirmed N. meningitidis, serogroup Y by culture, however, even before culture confirmation, … -
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… ILI/Pneumonia Outbreaks, 2005 - 2007 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 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 … -
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).… local and state health department per- sonnel who may be involved in the daily review and use of syndromic … between public health and non-public health partners who may re- spond to a potential BT threat. RESULTS The NCR TTX … ab- sence of alerts. We feel that syndromic surveillance may: help provide early signal of a problem; be used to …