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Drowning and Submersion - CDC
Content Type: Syndrome
A step-wise article on developing this syndrome definition can be found in the April 2019 NSSP Update https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/news.html This syndrome is an initial attempt at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was… read more -
Injection Drug Use - Maricopa County Department of Public Health
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome attempts to capture Opioid, Cocaine and Meth Injection Drug Use hospital visits. The syndrome was developed using NSSP ESSNECE and evaluated on Maricopa County emergency department and inpatient data. Fields used in ESSENCE include… read more -
A Conceptual Strategy for Stengthening eSurveillance in the African Region
Content Type: Abstract
In response to major epidemic and pandemic outbreaks, WHO-AFRO and its Member States have adopted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy to address International Health Regulations (2005) as well as individual Member Stateâ… read more -
A Data Mining Approach to Identify Climatic Determinants of Dengue Fever Patterns in French Guiana
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Epidemic dynamics of dengue fever are driven by complex interactions between hosts, vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors [1]. The development of new methods to identify such specific characteristics becomes… read more -
A Dictionary-based Method for Detecting Anomalous Chief Complaint Text in Individual Records
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The success of syndromic surveillance depends on the ability of the surveillance community to quickly and accurately recognize anomalous data. Current methods of anomaly detection focus on sets of syndromic categories and rely on a priori knowledge… read more -
A Health and Demographic Surveillance System in a Low Socioeconomic Setting in Karachi, Pakistan
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Karachi is the largest metropolitan, principal port city and commercial hub of Pakistan. Although there is a national database for registering vital evens such as births and deaths but like in any other developing country the coverage of the system… read more -
A National Electronic System for Disease Surveillance in Rwanda (eIDSR): Lessons Learned from a Successful Implementation
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In Rwanda, communicable diseases represent about 90% of all reported medical consultations in health centers. The country has often faced epidemics including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. To enhance its preparedness to identify and… read more -
A Probabilistic Case-finding Algorithm for Chronic Disease Surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
There is a clear need for improved surveillance of chronic diseases to guide public health practice and policy. Chronic disease surveillance has tended to use administrative data, due to the need to link encounters for an individual over time and to… read more