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Establishment of Public-access Syndromic Surveillance System in Taipei City, Taiwan
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Taiwan had established a nation-wide emergency department (ED)-based syndromic surveillance system since 2004, with a mean detection sensitivity of 0.67 in 2004-06 [1]. However, this system may not represent the true epidemic situation of infectious… read more… sensitivity of 0.67 in 2004-06 [1]. However, this system may not represent the true epidemic situation of infectious … sources of the infection and social network all together may still facilitate the transmissions. These rooted … of 0.67 in 2004�2006 (1). However, this system may not represent the true epidemic situation of infectious … -
Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System Using Chief-Complaint Data at Emergency Department of One Regional Hospital in Taipei City to Detect Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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Facing public health threats of bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases (EID), the traditional passive surveillance system is not efficient and outmoded. Evidences reveal that several newly developed syndromic surveillance… read more… From Oct. 1 to May 31, 2006, there have been 126,675 ED visit data stored in the data base. We categorized ED … to increase firstly by ICD-9 at initial phase whereas 70-79 year-old female ILI cases initiated the increasing … Dr. Chwan-Chuen King, cc_king99@hotmail.com Figure 1 –Comparison ILI patients selected by different … -
Integrated Syndromic and Virologic Surveillance Systems from Taiwan's Experiences in Facing Global Challenges of Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Objective: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EID/REID) involve large populations at risk and thus they might lead to rapidly increasing cases or case fatality rates. Living in this global village, cross-country or cross-continent spread… read more… Chwan-Chuen King1*, Dr. P.H. Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu1, M.S., Muh-Yung Yen2, M.S., Chao- Sheng Huang3, B.S., Jin-Yi … Research Center, *Corresponding Author <cc_king99@hotmail.com> OBJECTIVE Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases …