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Burns Reported to the BioSense System During the Independence Day Holiday
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Each year, more than two-thirds of all fireworksrelated injuries occur during June 16-July 16 [1]. During the 2006 July 4th holiday weekend, thousands of people were treated in emergency departments (EDs) for fireworks-related injuries [2]. Over 50… read more… July 4th, 5th, or both days. Among these four areas, burn visit counts ranged from 24 to 36 per day and rates from … -
Accuracy versus Timeliness for Influenza Detection: A Comparison of Hospital Syndromic Surveillance Data with Discharge Data
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Hospital syndromic surveillance data may be a useful tool in detecting increases in influenza-like-illness (ILI) and for monitoring seasonal trends or pandemic activity on a local level. A previous comparison of hospital… read more… (480-486) or influenza (487) were matched on a unique visit number. RESULTS The general respiratory syndrome … -
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 … -
A County Health Department's Analysis and Dissemination Algorithm of a Neruological Syndrome Aberration to Respective Community Stakeholders
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The purpose of this study is to depict a local county health departmentÃs analysis and dissemination algorithm of surveillance system (SS) aberration (alarm) to designated stakeholders within the community.… [age, sex, zip code, facility location, and time of visit] for possible epidemiological links, (5) Correlated … -
Construction of an Indicator for Syndromic Surveillance of Gastroenteritis using Data from a General Practitioner Network, Bordeaux, France
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In France, surveillance of seasonal gastroenteritis uses to be monitored by an information system based on a computer network of physicians so called Sentinel Network (1). Regionally, the use of this system as limitations. SOS Medecin is an… read more… related to their visits. Methods Data related to visit for Acute diarrhea and/or vomiting available from the … evaluate the ability of this new surveillance system to follow epidemic periods. Their area under curves and … -
The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment
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Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more… pertaining to the child’s current illness. After the visit, the sub- ject’s medical record was abstracted and … -
Early Identification of Salmonella Cases Using Syndromic Surveillance
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On June 7, 2008, federal food protection and public health agencies alerted consumers of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections. As of June 30, 2008, 851 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same… read more… chief complaints of Salmonella from Jan 2007- Apr 2008. Follow up investigations of these potential cases were … visited the ED on Jun 6 and information regarding that visit was available in ESSENCE the following day. The case … -
Effect of Work-related Mobility in the Simulation of Aerosol Anthrax Releases with BARD
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An important problem in biosurveillance is the early detection and characterization of outdoor aerosol releases of B. anthracis. The Bayesian Aerosol Release Detector (BARD) is a system for simulating, detecting and characterizing such releases… read more… Then we computed the number of cases and the time of ED visit for each case based on the exposure level of a …