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Syndromic Surveillance for Detection of Increased Morbidity and Mortality by Influenza
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To evaluate whether a rise or shift in severe morbidity and mortality by influenza can be detected with syndromic surveillance.… 1-Jan-2003 1-Jan-2004 R es pi ra to ry sy nd ro m e co un ts Figure 1 – Hospitalizations: Weekly counts of the … -
Syndromic Surveillance with Death Data: a Pilot Study in the Netherlands
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Crude mortality could be valuable for infectious disease surveillance if available in a complete and timely fashion. Such data can be of used for detecting, and tracking the impact of unusual health events (e.g. pandemic… read more… events (e.g. pandemic influenza) or other unexpected or un- known events of infectious nature. To evaluate whether … -
Syndromic Surveillance for Localized Outbreaks of Lower-Respiratory Infections: Does it Work?
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To evaluate whether syndromic surveillance can detect localized outbreaks of lower-respiratory infections (LRI's) with limited numbers of alarms in time.… influ- enza and RSV activity, a registry artifact and/or un- detected local respiratory outbreaks (due to small size … -
Estimating the number of deaths attributable to nine common infectious pathogens adjusted for seasonality and temperature
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Accurately assigning causes or contributing causes to deaths remains a universal challenge, especially in the elderly with underlying disease. Cause of death statistics commonly record the underlying cause of death, and influenza… read more… Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands E-mail: Liselotte.van.asten@rivm.nl Objective Mortality …