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Using Syndromic Surveillance to assist in a meningitis outbreak investigation
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Beginning on March 13, 2011, ACDC experienced an unusual increase in reported bacterial meningitis cases in Los Angeles (LA) County. Early in the investigation, there were few epidemiological links between the cases. Three cases were homeless; two… read more… as point source outbreaks. Querying preestablished ED visit, coroner death, and 911 call feeds can provide a … -
Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions
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Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more… historical data consisting of total and ILI-related daily visit counts by age group (B2, 2�4, 5�17, 18�44, 45�64 and … -
Gossamer Health: A meaningful, open-source approach to shared surveillance software
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Cost-effective, flexible and innovative tools that integrate disparate data sets and allow sharing of information between geographically dispersed collaborators are needed to improve public health surveillance practice. Gossamer Health (Good Open… read more… on summarized clinical data, such as the influenza and visit counts used in the Distribute project (1), (2) methods … -
Extreme Weather Surveillance
Content Type: Use Case
Problem Summary Given the background of climate change, there is an increasing demand for public health to characterize weather-related illness. The public health impact of extreme heat or cold events can be characterized from Emergency… read more… elements that can be provided to address the problem: Visit date/time, Facility ID, age, gender, ZIP code, chief … -
Syndromic Surveillance in Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (ISDP) and Pre Hospital Emergency Care in India
Content Type: Webinar
Globally, disease surveillance systems suffer from a number of resource constraints. These constraints are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where pathogens are more likely to emerge, reemerge,… read more… the community data from various news paper Back ground of the Test Phase Weekly data for syndromic … of surveillance, different priorities in diseases, lack of uniformity • Till 1997, disease surveillance was … annual national vaccination days, 2.3 million vaccinators visit 209 million households. Location of wild poliovirus … -
Odisha State’s Malaria Reduction Success – Role of Information for Action
Content Type: Presentation Slides
Presentation identifies the Odisha State in eastern coastal India as a region in the country and world with exceptionally high rates of malaria infection. Odisha, which represents 3% of India’s population was… read more… population Formal and informal private health sector Lack of staff for Active Surveillance Technical Challenges … CAMPS Inaccessible villages / hamlets having infrequent visit of ASHA Accessible villages/hamlets getting … -
CDC Methamphetamine Overdose v1 Parsed
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Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal methamphetamine-involved overdoses.Definition… read more… practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal methamphetamine-involved … v1 Parsed syndrome definition was designed to identify ED visits for suspected nonfatal methamphetamine-involved … intent. The query relies on data in two fields from ED visit records to identify encounters that meet the … -
Opportunistic approaches to evaluation of surveillance efforts in resource-limited countries
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The Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) delivers interventions to enhance surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union… read more… produce a check list that they can use the next time they visit farms. Results Collection of data at the training …