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A Comprehensive Approach to the Assessment of Surveillance Strategies: the Case of Scrapie in Great Britain
Content Type: Abstract
Multiple surveillance activities have been conducted in Great Britain (GB) with the objective of estimating the occurrence of scrapie, a fatal neurological infectious disease of small ruminants: statutory reporting of clinical cases, annual surveys… read more… the representativeness of our surveillance efforts); iii) back-calculation methods integrating all surveillance … Similarly, frequency estimates from capture-recapture and back-calculation methods informed the parameters of … -
Meningococcal Disease v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with ED data as part of the rapid reportables project, which seeks to create queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the… read more… future. This query is intended to be narrow and capture visits with specific terms to support greater monitoring and … -related chief complaint free-text terms: The visit is included if it contains: Chief complaints related … diagnosis codes related to meningococcal disease: The visit is included if it contains: A discharge diagnosis code … -
Adverse Childhood Experiences Dashboard Best Practices
Content Type: Report
How can syndromic surveillance be used to monitor indicators of ACEs? Scientists at CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention and at health departments across the country are exploring the utility of syndromic surveillance data to monitor indicators of… read more… data can be used to monitor macro-level trends in visits related to ACEs at a local, state, and national … can directly measure ACE indicators through ED visits involving children (e.g., child abuse and neglect, … neglect (CAN) can also be examined in conjunction with visits related to intimate partner violence (IPV), mental … -
Acute Flaccid Myelitis – Surveillance updates and CDC activities, 2018
Content Type: Webinar
Presented December 20, 2018. The presentation will provide a summary of the epidemiology of AFM during the increase in cases in 2018 and updates on CDC’s AFM activities. Presenters Adriana Lopez, MHS,… read more… ina^,or,^Sepsis^,or,^Ulcer^,or,^Cellulitis^,or,^Bleed^,or,^Back pain^,or,^Back spasm^,or,^Sciatic^,or,^paresthes^,or,^Testical … ina^,or,^Sepsis^,or,^Ulcer^,or,^Cellulitis^,or,^Bleed^,or,^Back pain^,or,^Back spasm^,or,^Sciatic^,or,^paresthes^,or,^Testical … -
Predicting Probabilities of Flu Vaccination and Commuting Methods Having Elevated Flu Transmission Probabilities in New York City
Content Type: Abstract
Aerial transmission and direct contact are important factors for flu. Consequently, close contact with large groups of people, such as during mass transit, present opportunities for transmission. One protective method that… read more… The good- ness-of-fit test showed no evidence of a lack of fit (p=0.9351), and the max-rescaled R-square is … The goodness-of-fit test failed to produce evidence of a lack of fit (p= 0.4132), and the max-rescaled R-square is … -
Use of Laboratory Drug Sensitivity Tests and Prescription Practices in Malawi
Content Type: Abstract
Of the 13 million people in Malawi1 85% are rural and the country has high burden of under-five morbidity and mortality due to preventable infectious diseases. Respiratory, febrile and diarrhea diseases are the top 3 morbidity and mortality… read more… which should inform prescription practices. There is lack of demand and reliance on drug sensitivity tests by the prescribing clinician. Clinicians sited the lack of laboratory capacity and also the delays that go with … -
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with ED data as part of the rapid reportables project, which seeks to create queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the… read more… future. This query is intended to be narrow and capture visits with specific terms to support greater monitoring and … based on HUS-related chief complaint free-text terms: The visit is included if it contains: Chief complaints related … future. This query is intended to be narrow and capture visits with specific terms to support greater monitoring and … -
CDC Suspected Sex Trafficking v1
Content Type: Syndrome
Query purpose: The purpose of this definition is to assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in detecting and monitoring trends of suspected sex trafficking among emergency departments… read more… Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, and Illinois classified visits into true and false positives and ‘unknown’ and … or sexual exploitation discharge diagnosis codes: The visit is included if it contains any of the following … Victim of child sexual exploitation (finding) The visit is included if it contains a discharge diagnosis code …