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  • Syndromic Surveillance and Influenza-like Illness in Georgia

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    There are multiple sources of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data within the state of Georgia. These include laboratory surveillance for influenza viruses, sentinel providers that report ILI, pneumonia and… read more
    … significance. The Fever+Flu syndrome, which includes ED visits for febrile and viral illnesses, is used to monitor … and geographic information are re- ceived on each ED visit. Frequencies and percentage of all visits were calculated for daily and/or weekly Fever+Flu ED …
  • Estimating Hospital Admissions for Influenza Using Emergency Department (ED) Syndromic Surveillance Data, New York City

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    An important goal of influenza surveillance is to provide public health decisionmakers with timely estimates of the severity of community-wide influenza. One potential indicator is the number of influenza hospitalizations. In New… read more
    … data are received daily for approximately 90% of NYC ED visits, and include patient’s age, gender and chief complaint. ED ILI visits were defined as any visit whose chief complaint indicated fever-flu or …
  • Amplification of Syndromic Surveillance's Role in Miami-Dade County

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    To describe how the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) has expanded Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) for specialized research in addition to daily surveillance activities
    … Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida on October 24, 2005, ED visits for back pain, leg and foot wounds, snake and spider … ILI patterns have shown that the percentage of ED visits attributable to ILI was much higher among children … attempt. Younger teens (10-14 years) were more likely to visit the ED with substance abuse than older teens aged …
  • Opportunistic approaches to evaluation of surveillance efforts in resource-limited countries

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    The Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) delivers interventions to enhance surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union… read more
    … produce a check list that they can use the next time they visit farms. Results Collection of data at the training … developed at the trainings can be conducted during the visits by officials to farms as part of their regular … worth? TrainDev. 1996;50:20�4. *Victor Del Rio Vilas E-mail: vdelriovilas@yahoo.co.uk (page number not for citation …
  • Canine Tick Diagnoses are a Sentinel for Tick-borne Diseases in People

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    To determine if ticks on dogs can provide early warning for tick-borne diseases in people.
    … and carry these ticks with them when they return home or visit a veterinarian’s office. Although dogs are not … map). The prevalence of tick infestation per 1,000 dog visits was calculated, plotted by month for a five-year … prevalence of tick diagnoses ranged from 9 per 1,000 dog visits in summer to 3 per 1,000 visits in winter, with …
  • Effective Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health

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    Effective public health response to emerging infectious diseases, natural disasters, and bioterrorism requires access to real-time, accurate information on disease patterns and healthcare utilization. The ESSENCE surveillance… read more
    … outpatient microbiology laboratory tests and outpatient visits to 166 MTFs were obtained for No- vember 2, 2002 - … so only test orders were evalu- ated. Outpatient visits were assigned to disease syn- dromes based on ICD-9 … Practice patterns and laboratory test/outpatient visit associations vary by region, so monitoring may be most …
  • Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more
    … a retrospective study of emergency department (ED) visits at four New York State hospitals from May 1, 2005 to April 30, 2007. These hospitals have annual ED visits ranging from 24,000 to 33,000 and have electronic … was possibly infectious in origin. We did not count the visit within a GI sub-syndrome if another specific etiology …
  • Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007

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    The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more
    … for analysis RESULTS ESSENCE In 2006, there were 431 ED visits for substance abuse among youth aged 10 to 19 years. There was no difference in the percentage of visits by gender. Seasonality showed that there were a … among teens (10 – 19 years) with an average cost per visit of $17,621. There was no difference in the number of …