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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 … -
Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness and Over the Counter Sales of Flu Remedies in the National Capitol Region, 2003-2007
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The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducts enhanced surveillance using the Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the… read more… The first set of repeated alerts in the ED data for ILI did not occur until Oct 31- Nov 3. Flu OTC data generated … a peak at the week of Mar 11, 2006 while the OTC data did not show a single peak. For the 2006-07 season, the … to ED and lab reports. In the 2005-06 season, OTC data did not show an earlier advantage in detecting flu. While …