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Syndromic Surveillance of Norovirus Using Sales of Non-Prescription Medications for Gastroenteritis
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Syndromic surveillance using over the counter (OTC) sales has been shown to provide earlier signals of diarrheal and respiratory disease outbreaks than hospital diagnoses. Under normal circumstances, sales patterns of OTC sales… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance and Heat Wave: Is it Working?
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Most of the time, health consequences of heat waves are serious. Heat wave response plans were developed for reducing health effects but even if they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health consequences.… read more -
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 -
Syndromic Surveillance and Zip Code Data: The Role of Zip Codes in Understanding Populations
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Syndromic surveillance systems use residential zip codes for spatial analysis to identify disease clusters. However, the use of emergency medical services can be influenced by geographic proximity, specialty services, and severity of illness. We… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition Development Using Recursive Partitioning Techniques for Highly Dimensional Databases
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Seasonal influenza accounts for a high proportion of outpatient morbidity during the winter months. However, influenza case counts are greatly underestimated due to frequently undiagnosed influenza. Electronic medical record (EMR… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Confirmation of Extended Influenza Season
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The 2003-2004 influenza season was notable for the early, intense and widespread circulation of a Type A drift variant and a resulting rush on vaccine followed by an abrupt decrease in activity by mid-January. By contrast, the 2004-2005 influenza… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance for a Large Respiratory Disease Outbreak by Legionella in the Netherlands
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To evaluate the added value of a syndromic surveillance system in detecting a large severe respiratory disease outbreak with a point-source we used the Legionnaires' disease (LD) outbreak of 1999 in the Netherlands as a case-study. We… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance for Detection of Increased Morbidity and Mortality by Influenza
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To evaluate whether a rise or shift in severe morbidity and mortality by influenza can be detected with syndromic surveillance.