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Timeliness of Ambulatory Data for Age-Specific ILI Surveillance
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While there has been some work to evaluate different data sources for syndromic surveillance of influenza, no one has yet assessed the utility of simultaneously restricting data to specific visit settings and patient age-groups using… read more… utility of simultaneously restricting data to specific visit settings and patient age-groups using data drawn from … source population, we aimed to compare age-group and visit setting specific patterns in the timing of patients … of the CCFs between vari- ous age group and visit setting specific subsets of ILI visits and P&I … -
Crowdout: When do other events hinder informal disease surveillance?
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Informal surveillance systems like HealthMap are effective at the early detection of outbreaks. However, reliance on informal sources such as news media makes the efficiency of these systems vulnerable to newsroom constraints, namely high-profile… read more… Objective Reporting about large public health events may reduce effective disease surveillance by syndromic or … USA Objective Reporting about large public health events may reduce effective disease surveillance by syndromic or … Difference 95% CI (low) 95% CI (high) Flu 1 Before 7.79 7.0 8.57 Flu 1 After 4.83 4.09 5.57 Flu 1 Parallel 1 4.89 … -
Web Search Query Data to Monitor Dengue Epidemics: a New Model for Dengue Surveillance
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With an estimated 500 million people infected each year, dengue ranks as one of the most significant mosquito-borne viral human diseases, and one of the most rapidly emerging vectorborne diseases. A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and… read more… those of high morbidity and mortality or where a vaccine may not exist. Objective We aimed to assess whether web … those of high morbidity and mortality or where a vaccine may not exist. Methods Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia and … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …