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Preferences and Perceptions of Biosurveillance System Users - Results from a Recent Survey
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“The ultimate measure of whether a surveillance system has achieved the optimal balance of attributes lies in its usefulness.” No one is better qualified to comment on usefulness than the users. As system developers, we are well advised to… read more… Only 29.7% answered that accuracy was more important than un- derstanding the methods used. Food recalls (90.2%), … potential data sources, other than emergency department visits, that users felt were useful to essential for … -
Detection of Enteric Disease Epidemics Using a Diarrhea-specific Category
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The Utah Department of Health documented a single epidemic of cryptosporidiosis in Utah during 2007. Seven hundred eleven laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Salt Lake County, Utah from July 27 through December 18. Illness onset date was… read more… from emergency department and urgent care facility visits. Document … from emergency department and urgent care facility visits. BACKGROUND The Utah Department of Health documented … from all available emergency department and urgent care visits (all ages and both genders). A statewide increase in … -
Early Detection of Influenza-like Illness: Developing a Multi-Variate Approach
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The 2003/04 influenza season included a more pathogenetic organism and had an earlier onset. There were noticeably more deaths in otherwise healthy children than in previous seasons. Following this season, States were asked by the Centers for… read more… chief complaints from hospital emergency department visits, school absentee reports, diagnostic laboratory reports, visits to physician’s offices, visits to Veterans Administration and Department of Defense … -
Prospective Outbreak Detection in Pets as a Sentinel Indicator for Outbreaks in Humans
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Sixty-one percent of known disease-causing agents that infect humans can also infect animals [1]. While humans are the primary reservoir for only 3% of zoonoses, detection of zoonotic disease outbreaks remains mostly dependant on the identification… read more… was accompanied by marked increases in emergency room visits of people with GI-associated chief complaints and … -
Evaluation of Microbiology Orders from a Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory as a Potential Data Source for Early Outbreak Detection
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Animals continue to be recognized as a potential source of surveillance data for detecting emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism preparedness, pandemic influenza preparedness, and detection of other zoonotic diseases. Detection of disease… read more… rigorous surveillance efforts, increased veter- inary visits in reaction to a public service campaign, or other …