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  • State Surveillance Data Improves a Clinical Prediction Model for Pertussis

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    Bordetella Pertussis outbreaks cause morbidity in all age groups, but the infection is most dangerous for young infants. Pertussis is difficult to diagnose, especially in its early stages, and definitive test results are not… read more
    … and negative predictive value (PPV, NPV), and area un- der the ROC curve (AROC)). RESULTS Cyanosis, cough for …
  • What do GPs Want in Return from a Syndromic Surveillance System?

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    In the Northern part of Norway, all General Practitioners (GPs) and hospitals use electronic health records (EHR). They are connected via an independent secure IP-network called the Norwegian Health Network. The newly developed “Snow… read more
    … the system, the more you need user research to un- sure success [3]. With this in mind we have decided to …
  • Interest of Syndromic Surveillance within the Armed Forces in French Guiana for Early Warning

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    This paper describes the early warning that has been activated by the syndromic surveillance system installed within the Armed Forces in French Guiana and the consequences for Public Health decisions.
    … of repellents for soldiers, etc.). The situation stayed un- der control. On the civilian side, even if the alarm was …
  • Improvement of Epidemiology Business Processes through the Evolution of Biosurveillance

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    In the last decade, the scope of public health (PH) surveillance has grown, and biosurveillance capacity has expanded in Duval County. In 2004, the Duval County Health Department (DCHD) implemented a standalone syndromic surveillance (SS) system… read more
    … ad hoc ED surveillance was compared between ESSENCE and e-mail/telephone methods. QI reviews were compared between … Emerg Health Threats J 2011;4(Suppl 1). *Taj Azarian E-mail: tajazari@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 …
  • Investigating Other Syndrome in ESSENCE from a Data Quality Perspective

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    The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS) and submits the collected data… read more
    … syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System … complaint, admit reason, and/or diagnosis fields to tag visits to relevant syndromes. Visits that do not have … syndromic surveillance of Emergency Department (ED) visits through the Louisiana Early Event Detection System …
  • A review of automated text classification in event-based biosurveillance

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    Event-based biosurveillance is a practice of monitoring diverse information sources for the detection of events pertaining to human, plant, and animal health. Online documents, such as news articles, newsletters, and (micro-) blog entries, are… read more
    … A H1N1 pandemic. PLoS One. 2011;6:e19467. *Manabu Torii E-mail: manabu.torii@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Table 1. …
  • Establishment of Public-access Syndromic Surveillance System in Taipei City, Taiwan

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    Taiwan had established a nation-wide emergency department (ED)-based syndromic surveillance system since 2004, with a mean detection sensitivity of 0.67 in 2004-06 [1]. However, this system may not represent the true epidemic situation of infectious… read more
    … BMC Public Health. 2011;11:252. *ChiaKun Chang E-mail: jasperc8@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. (a) …
  • Evaluating Syndrome Definitions in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology

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    The Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology (ESSO) is an open source terminological ontology designed to facilitate the text mining of clinical reports in English [1,2]. At the core of ESSO are 279 clinical concepts (for example, fever, confusion,… read more
    … J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:595�601. *Mike Conway E-mail: michaelambroseconway@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Table 1. …