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  • What Can Enhanced Influenza Surveillance Teach Us About Syndromic Surveillance?

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    Currently Scotland has a number of influenza surveillance schemes, including âflu-spotter’ practices, and enhanced surveillance general practices that submit clinical samples for virological testing (SERVIS practices). This information feeds… read more
    … 1. The European Influenza Surveillance Scheme, http://www.eiss.org/index.cgi 2 QFLU: new influenza monitoring in … care to support pandemic influenza planning. J Hippisley-Cox et al, http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/06062 2.asp#4 Advances in …
  • Do Women Really Complain More than Men? Looking at Gastrointestinal Chief Complaints in Boston

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    The purpose of syndromic surveillance is the early identification of disease outbreaks. Classification of chief complaints into syndromes and the type of statistics used for aberration detection can affect outbreak detection sensitivity and… read more
    … [Accessed July 1, 2005] Available from URL: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/syndromedef Advances in Disease …
  • Syndromic Surveillance in Boston: Validating the Detection of Small Events and Integrating Response from a Local Health Department

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    The interpretation of aberrations detected by syndromic surveillance is critical for success, but poses challenges for local health departments who must conduct appropriate follow-up and confirm outbreaks. This paper describes the response of the… read more
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