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Enhanced syndromic surveillance during the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games, 2015
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The 9th IOIG took place in Reunion Island from July 31 to August 9, 2015. This sport event gathered approximatively 1 640 athletes, 2 000 volunteers and several thousand spectators from seven islands:Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte… read more… system, which captures 100% of all Emergency Department visits, was enhanced in order to detect any health event. … system, which captures 100% of all Emergency Department visits, was enhanced in order to detect any health event. … -
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 … -
Sensibility and Specificity of Syndromic System for Influenza Based on General Practitioners Network in Gironde, France
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To determine sensitivity and specificity of syndromic surveillance of influenza based on data from SOS Medecins, a healthcare network of emergency general practitioners (GP) in Bordeaux, France.… automatically on a daily basis and information on visits were analysed every day by epidemiologists of the … were compared. RESULTS Over the study period, 81,143 GP’s visits for influenza syndrome were recorded in the area of … 100 18 5 12 100 100 46 100 105 28 15 100 150 46 100 261 70 29 100 200 43 93 328 88 50 99 230 43 93 344 93 61 99 250 … -
Performances of a Syndromic Surveillance System during a Heat Wave
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The 2003 heat wave in France (15,000 extra deaths in 10 days) led the French institute for public health surveillance to modify its public health surveillance system. One of the major objectives of this program was a real time… read more… (4). RESULTS Fifteen hospitals were selected and 118,119 visits were recorded during the 3 months. Sensitivity and … event Our results indicate that a syndromic surveillance may be applicable to other public health concerns from … -
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 … -
Integrated approach of non-specific surveillance in Reunion Island
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In Reunion Island, the non-specific surveillance was developed since 2006 and was based on the activity of only one hospital emergency department and on mortality. To respond to the threat of influenza A(H1N1) pandemic emergence, this surveillance… read more… regulation center; � number of consultations and home visits by general practi- tioners. These indicators and their trends were described and com- pared to the data of sentinel network practitioners who … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …