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The New Real Time Surveillance System within the French Forces in French Guiana
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The development of a real time surveillance system for Forces on duty areas is one of the 5 initiatives of the November 2002 Prague’s NATO meeting. The French Military Health Service has decided to implement a military demonstrator within Forces in… read more… produced for the military commandors. A periodical feed-back is sent to all the stakeholders. RESULTS The new system … -
Evaluation within the Users of a Syndromic Surveillance System in French Guiana
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The syndromic surveillance system “2SE FAG” has been installed within the French Armed Forces in French Guiana (3000 people) in October 2004 [1-2]. During the conception and the deployment of such a system, ergonomic issues were highlighted and… read more… and its different functions (recording, declaration, feed-back, mailing), the software (recording and analysis), the … -
Estimated range of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti in the United States, 2017
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CDC has updated the estimated range maps for Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes by using a model that predicts possible geographic ranges for these mosquitoes in the contiguous United States. The model used county-level records, historical… read more… Appropriate nesting Passed Appropriate nesting Back to Top … -
Efficient Large-Scale Network-Based Simulation of Disease Outbreaks
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The effectiveness of public health interventions during a disease outbreak depends on rapid, accurate characterization of the initial outbreak and spread of the pathogen. Computer-based simulation using mathematical models… read more… The model has been used to simulate a smallpox at- tack affecting two locations in a model of Portland, Oregon … -
Enhancing Event Communication in Disease Surveillance: ECC 2.0
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Regional disease surveillance systems allow users the ability to view large amounts of population health information and examine automated alerts that suggest increased disease activity. These systems require users to view and… read more… share similar meta-information. Another issue was the lack of automatic notification for new events/comments. … -
Evaluating Outbreak-Detection Methods Using Simulations: Volume Under the Time-ROC Surface
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There are many proposed methods of identifying outbreaks of disease in surveillance data. However, there is little agreement about appropriate ways to choose amongst them. One common basis for comparison is simulating outbreaks and adding the simu… read more… curve resulted in much bigger values as a result of its lack of a timeliness component. CONCLUSIONS Any of the … -
Surveillance of West Nile Virus Activity Using Biosense Laboratory Test Order Data
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West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause meningitis and encephalitis. Since its discovery in New York City during an encephalitis outbreak in 1999, WNV has become endemic in North America. In the United States, 16,000 human WNV… read more… specimen, not necessarily one unique patient, due to lack of patient linkage capability in our dataset. A … -
Syndromic Surveillance in Major Sporting Event- Jamaican Experience
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This paper evaluates the expended and enhanced surveillance system specifically syndromic surveillance, which was implemented during the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 (ICC CWC WI 2007) in Western Jamaica.… sessions which were done by MoH prior to the event lack of awareness or little knowledge about conditions / …