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Enhancing Epidemic Detection Using Syndromic Surveillance and Early Notification Methods
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Early Notification Detection Systems have taken a critical role in providing early notice of disease outbreaks. To improve the detection methods for disease outbreaks, many detection methods have been created and implemented. However, there is… read more -
Syndromic surveillance in religious festival involving circumambulation in India
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Panchkroshi yatra is an annual ritual of circumambulation (yatra) of temples (Mahadevs) and 100,000 devotees walk for around 15 miles per day for six days and cover a total of 73 miles to worship important Mahadevs. The festival is held every year… read more -
Influenza Sentinel Surveillance System in Surb Astvatsamayr Medical Center, 2013-15
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Influenza is a priority in Armenia. There are two influenza surveillance systems in Armenia: population and sentinel. The medical center (MC) has been included in sentinel surveillance since 2012. In 2015 a study was undertaken to identify gaps in… read more -
The Longitudinal Record: Linking Hepatitis A Outbreak Cases and Syndromic HL7 Data
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With increasing availability of syndromic meaningful use data, new approaches to disease surveillance utilizing linkages to other data systems are possible. Expanded communicable disease information may be valuable during outbreaks or other public… read more -
Epidemiology of Suspected Pesticide Poisoning in Livestock
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Pesticides are used in agriculture and in the home to control pests such as insects, weeds, fungi and rodents. Pesticide poisoning in animals is usually due to misuse or accidental exposure. Information on poisonings in livestock in North America is… read more -
Field Team Syndromic Surveillance for Mass Gatherings: NCAA Final Four 2017
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Final Four-associated events culminated in four days of intense activity from 3/31/17-4/3/17, which attracted an estimated 400,000 visitors to Maricopa County (population 4.2 million). Field teams of staff and volunteers were deployed to three days… read more -
Public Health Decisions Using Point of Care Data from Open Source Systems in Africa
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Ministries of Health in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) are making or trying to make public health decisions for infectious disease conditions like HIV using data garnered from sentinel events and disease tracking in the community. The… read more -
Mortality surveillance in the Netherlands: severity of winter 2016/2017
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The mortality monitoring system (initiated in 2009 during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic) is a collaboration between the Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb) of National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Statistics… read more