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Evaluation of Body Temperature to Classify Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) in a Syndromic Surveillance System
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This study aims to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of body temperature measurements > 100.5 F in relationship to laboratory confirmation of influenza and other ILI pathogens.… Health System (MHS) using the Clinical Data Mart (CDM). The CDM uses a Business Objects interface to perform structured … Flu Activity and Surveillance [Online]. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm. Accessed on February … -
ESSENCE Version 2.0: The Department of Defense's Worldwide Syndromic Surveillance System Receives Several Enhancements
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ESSENCE receives and analyzes data for the Military Health System’s (MHS) 9 million beneficiaries resulting in approximately 90,000 daily outpatient and emergency department visits worldwide. In May 2008, MHS released … read more… J. Savory, M.S1., Gale E. Savage, MD, MPH1., Kenneth L. Cox, MD, MPH2 1Epidemiological Surveillance Methods and … Technological Application [Online]. Available: http://www.ha.osd.mil/ahlta/. Accessed on February 14, 2008. …