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Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo
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The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more… epidemiologists use a web-based interface to view de-identified data and use a version of CDC’s EARS disease … epidemiologists use a web-based interface to view de-identified data and use a version of CDC’s EARS disease … the use of geocoded data. We will discuss pros and cons of this approach. Results: The GIS encoding module is … -
Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza in Washington State: A Local and Regional Perspective
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We explored the utility of tracking emergency department (ED) visits for febrile illness as a proxy for influenza surveillance, from both a local and a regional perspective.… was lowest compared with King and Pierce counties and did not correlate as strongly with data from these two … the 5-17 year old age group (r=.84); the correlation for all other age groups was less than .65. CONCLUSIONS ED fever … activity, including laboratory influenza test results and all cause school absenteeism. ED fever visit trends for …