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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Using Syndromic Surveillance to Identify a Neuro-Invasive Disease Outbreak in Los Angeles County
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In November of 2001 a syndromic surveillance system was established in Los Angeles (LA) County to analyze emergency department (ED) chief complaints in select hospitals. Chief complaints were analyzed and categorized into a syndrome (rash,… read more… epidemiological curve would have the intensity of case visits needed to trigger a signal. On the individual level, … epidemiological curve would have the intensity of case visits needed to trigger a signal. On the individual level, … classification, and dates of interest (onset date, ED visit date) were reviewed for cases that visited a syndromic … -
Using Emergency Department Disposition Data to Monitor Hospitalizations for Influenza-like Illness
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Emergency Department (ED) syndromic surveillance data for influenza-like illness (ILI) have been found to provide timely and representative information about current influenza activity in NYC. DOHMH monitors visits daily from 50 of 61… read more… current influenza activity in NYC. DOHMH monitors visits daily from 50 of 61 EDs, capturing about 94% of all ED visits in NYC. Since January 1, 2007, DOHMH has been … data is received from 37 EDs (approximately 1/3 of all visits by the next day and >60% of all visits within 1 … -
Applications of Syndromic Surveillance in Resource Poor Settings: A Series of Case Studies
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Particularly in resource-poor settings, syndromic surveillance has been proposed as a feasible solution to the challenges in meeting the new disease surveillance requirements included in the World Health Organization's International Health… read more… syndrome; developing countries *Larissa May E-mail: larissa.may@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 … -
Preferences and Perceptions of Biosurveillance System Users - Results from a Recent Survey
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“The ultimate measure of whether a surveillance system has achieved the optimal balance of attributes lies in its usefulness.” No one is better qualified to comment on usefulness than the users. As system developers, we are well advised to… read more… Only 29.7% answered that accuracy was more important than un- derstanding the methods used. Food recalls (90.2%), … potential data sources, other than emergency department visits, that users felt were useful to essential for … -
Automated Information Integration from Heterogeneous Data Sources: A Semantic Web Approach
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Integration of information from multiple disparate and heterogeneous sources is a labor and resource intensive task. Heterogeneity can come about in the way data is represented or in the meaning of data in different contexts. Semantic Web… read more… is to provide a single and uniform query interface to un- derlying data. The Semantic Web is a framework … and medical records entries from emergency department visits, a combination of struc- tured, semi-structured and … -
Dengue hemorrhagic fever One Health Surveillance approach effectiveness in Saudi Arabia
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Dengue hemorraghic fever (DHF) is affecting more than 50 million people globally and still remains a persistent public health challenge in Saudi Arabia [1]. Althougth there has been available financial resource, limitations and deficiencies in… read more… Jeddah Minicipality, Saudi Arabia COUNTRY: Saudi Arabia Email: tambo0711@gmail.com WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? ___x Human health … -
Monitoring Dynamic Tempo-Spatial Changes of Influenza-Like Illness During 2005-2007 through Sentinal-Physician Surveillance in Taiwan Using Ring Maps
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The global health threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been increasing rapidly in the world since the crosscountry outbreaks during 2003-04. In South and East Asia, the human influenza A (H3N2) was proved to be seeded… read more… Taipei, Taiwan (10020), Republic of China ( R.O.C.) E-mail: <dachianpig@gmail.com> OBJECTIVE This study describes a visualizing ring … -
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System Evaluation, Ebonyi State Nigeria, 2017
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Nigeria is one of the three countries in the world with ongoing wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission, alongside Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nigeria also experiences outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Following the… read more… standards/en// *Izuchukwu F. Obi E-mail: obifrank03@gmail.com …