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Evaluation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Based on General Practitioner's Data, SOS Medecins Bordeaux
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To describe and evaluate the SOS Medecins Bordeaux syndromic surveillance system .… system based on general practitioners’ (GP) house visits in the Bordeaux area in collaboration with SOS … makes more than 400 interventions a day and covers about 70 cities representing a total of about 800,000 habitants. For each visit, all health complaints and symptoms reported by … -
Health Impact of the 2006 Heat Wave Based on Syndromic Surveillance in Gironde, France
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In July 2006, an important heat wave occurred in France, and generated alarm of all the public health services. In Gironde, a department in region Aquitaine, the level of "warning and actions" of the Heat Health Watch Warning System, based on an… read more… (Agence regionale d’hospitalisation, ARH); - Number of visits for heat-related symptoms (heat stroke, dehydration … Figure 2 showed an unusual increase in the number of visits reported by SOS Médecins for heat related … ) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 N um be r o f e m er ge nc y am bu la nc e in te rv en tio ns Alert days Minimal …