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System Monitoring for Near Real-Time Surveillance for Infectious Diseases
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Events of recent years, particularly concern about a possible avian (H5N1) influenza pandemic, have focused increasing attention on the need for timely surveillance, with real time surveillance as the ultimate goal. In a previous study, we reported… read more -
Systematic Comparison of Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance
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Varied approaches have been used by syndromic surveillance systems for aberration detection. However, the performance of these methods has been evaluated only across a small range of epidemic characteristics. Objective… read more -
Monitoring Staphylococcus Infection Trends with Biosurveillance Data
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Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI). Until recently, S. aureus pneumonia has been considered primarily a nosocomial infection, and was reported… read more -
Monitoring the Vital Signs of Community Health - The Pyramid Syndromic Surveillance Project
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Syndromic surveillance systems have long been an important part of the public health arena. The long standing goal of early detection of disease outbreak has gained new urgency and requires a broader spectrum in the era of… read more -
Mortality Surveillance during a Large Chikungunya Outbreak Using a Syndromic Surveillance System
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Following the heat wave that scorched France in August 2003 a national daily gathering of mortality data was decided in link with the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee). Such gathering is based on Public Records Office… read more -
Mulitregional CUSUM Surveillance
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Monitoring sales of over-the-counter products is becoming increasingly common for purposes of public health surveillance. Sales data for anti-diarrheal medications have been used to monitor outbreaks of waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreaks. An… read more -
Multi-Agency and Hospital, Syndromic Surveillance System in Montana
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In the aftermath of September 11th, 2001, the potential for subsequent bioterrorism attacks and more recently, the increased awareness of the threat of Avian flu and other communicable diseases, has compelled the Montana… read more -
Multi-Method Comparison of Detecting Common Events of Public Health Interest: a Multi-Site, Multi-Stream Simulation Study
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Existing statistical methods can perform well in detecting simulated bioterrorism events. However, these methods have not been well-evaluated for detection of the type of respiratory and gastrointestinal events of greatest… read more