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  • Bird Flu: The Media and Syndromic Surveillance

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    In the past, the media has served a source of data for syndromic surveillance of infectious disease, whether it is outbreaks of disease in animals or humans resulting in illness or death.  More often than not, the reverse is true; data based on… read more
    … Contact, Cynthia F. Racer, MA, MPH Cyndi_genome2000@yahoo.com, or mail, c/o CRISIS, PO Box 4853, New York, NY 10185 …
  • Comparing Telehealth and NACRS Influenza Activity to Fluwatch Surveillance Using EARS-X

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    This paper will use CDCís EARS-X to examine Tele-healthís potential as an early warning system specifically for influenza-like illness compared to NACRS, as well as qualitatively comparing the resultant EARS flags to peaks in influenza activity… read more
    … 6. Further Information: Elizabeth Rolland, erolland@gmail.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;4:189 …
  • Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Syndromic Surveillance

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    This paper describes a study of various aberration detection algorithms currently used in syndromic surveillance and one based on artificial neural networks developed at Guelph. The goal of the research is not to select one ìwinningî algorithm but… read more
    … [1] Hutwagner L, Browne T, Seeman GM, Fleischauer AT. Com- paring aberration detection methods with simulated …
  • 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
    … countries *Larissa May E-mail: larissa.may@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 …
  • Clinical Surveillance Markers of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital

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    Emerging infections, both natural and intentional, have provided an impetus for improved disease surveillance and response. The recognition of the interdependence of health care systems and public health infrastructure provides… read more
    … ICD-9 codes, patient demographics, vital signs, chief com- plaints, prescriptions for antibiotics, and additional …
  • The Potential of Hospital Data Sources for Influenza Surveillance

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    Influenza is an important public health problem associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. A disease traditionally monitored via legally mandated reporting, researchers have identified alternative data sources for… read more
    … period as 1st June – 31st December, a period the health com- munity typically uses for Western Australia. We de- …
  • The Utility of Patient Chief Complaint and ICD 9 Classifiers for the Influenza Sub-Syndrome

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    In order to detect influenza outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes… read more
    … of flu. Our own experience was that although flu may be a com- mon presentation in the ED during the flu season, it is …
  • Nurse Call Data for Detection of Influenza-Like Illness

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    Influenza affects millions of people and causes about 36,000 deaths in the United States each winter. Pandemics of influenza emerge at irregular intervals. National influenza surveillance is used to detect the emergence and spread of influenza virus… read more
    … percentage of visits for ILI from sentinel providers were com- pared to rolling, seven-day totals of calls for ILI and …