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  • Early Detection of Influenza Activity Using Syndromic Surveillance in Missouri

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance is used routinely to detect outbreaks of disease earlier than traditional methods due to its ability to automatically acquire data in near real-time. Missouri has used emergency department (ED) visits to monitor and track… read more
    … via Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) tracked weekly counts of laboratory confirmed … order to evaluate the early warning potential of ILI in ESSENCE and improve ongoing influenza surveillance efforts …
  • Promoting and supporting wildlife surveillance for zoonotic pathogens in Rwanda

    Content Type: Case Study

    Rwanda government's leadership in embracing One health approach to mitigate and control infectious diseases can be a huge lesson to other developing countries to do the same with astounding results. Rwanda is a potential country for emerging… read more
    … for response in wildlife diseases outbreak in terms of training of relevant staff, both in domestic animals and … which is a huge task considering the staff educational training- understanding the One Health Concept - Continuous …
  • Utility of System Generated Syndromic Surveillance Alerts to Detect Reportable Disease Outbreaks

    Content Type: Abstract

    Reportable disease case data are entered into Merlin by all 67 county health departments in Florida and assigned confirmed, probable, or suspect case status. De-identified reportable disease data from Merlin are sent to ESSENCE-FL once an hour for… read more
    … reportable disease data from Merlin are sent to ESSENCE-FL once an hour for further analysis and … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE-FL) to detect emergent disease outbreaks was …
  • Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document

    Content Type: References

    This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more
    … Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Platform, ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early … as well as national level data available in NSSP ESSENCE. When using other data sources with this definition, …
  • Examining and improving reproducible research practices in public health

    Content Type: Abstract

    An important goal of surveillance is to inform public health interventions that aim to reduce the burden of disease in the population. Ensuring accuracy of results is paramount to achieving this goal. However, science is currently facing a… read more
    … SEER, and others. As part of our overall goal to improve training around reproducible research practices, we surveyed … SEER, and others. As part of our overall goal to improve training around reproducible research practices, we surveyed …
  • Developing the One Health Approach to Anthrax Control in the Country of Georgia

    Content Type: Case Study

    Anthrax is endemic and enzootic in Georgia with cases being registered since 1881 with over 2000 foci identified. Since 2005, 439 laboratory confirmed and 211 probable human cases and 190 laboratory confirmed animal cases have been registered. A… read more
    … Agency (NFA) and the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) found the main transition routes … Agency (NFA) and the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) found the main transition routes …
  • Tracking emergency department (ED) patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during a Norovirus epidemic in Miami-Dade

    Content Type: Abstract

    From January to March 2010, thirteen outbreaks of Norovirus infection were reported to the Epidemiology, Disease Control and Immunization Service (EDC-IS), up from four outbreaks in the entire 2008 and same number during 2009. … read more
    … EDC-IS at the Miami-Dade County Health Department used ESSENCE to track gastrointestinal symptoms during a … (EDC-IS) at the Miami-Dade County Health Department used ESSENCE to track gastrointestinal symptoms during a …
  • Utility of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Identify Disease Outbreaks with Reportable Disease Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    In light of recent communicable disease outbreaks, the ability of Florida Department of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using reportable disease data and algorithms originally… read more
    … of HealthÕs (FDOH) syndromic surveillance system, ESSENCE-FL, to identify emergent disease outbreaks using … and the de-identified case data are sent hourly to ESSENCE-FL. These data are then available for ad hoc …