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Georgia's Strategy for Targeting Syndromic Surveillance
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As part of public health protection activities conducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, June 2004, DPH implemented SS in the state’s coastal region using information provided from ED visits, 911 calls, and pharmacy sales. Following… read more… BACKGROUND As part of public health protection activities con- ducted in support of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, GA, … -
Accurate Detection of Arbitrarily-Shaped Spatial Disease Clusters
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Methods for locating spatial clusters of diseases are typically variations of the circular scan statistic method. They restrict the number of potential clusters by considering all circular, rectangular, or elliptical regions, and then apply a… read more… further study is needed. REFERENCES l scan statistic, Comm and Methods. 1997; 26(6):1481-1496. [2] Neill D, Moore … -
Active Fever Surveillance During Malaria Outbreak in Western Jamaica
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Malaria, major leading cause of morbidity and mortality in third world countries has been successfully eliminated from Jamaica since 1965. This, however, is being constantly challenged by lack of sustained vector control… read more… Seaport) - A total of 2759 visitors were listed to have come from malarious endemic countries during the period (Dec … -
Acute Care Alerting and Integrated Public Health Investigation and Response to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts: Example of a Local Food Borne Outbreak
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To highlight the key role of Emergency Department syn-dromic surveillance in linking acute care and public health, thus enabling collaborative detection, monitoring and management of a local food borne outbreak.… health, laboratories and acute care institutions and col- laborative investigation. Retrospective investigation … -
Analysis of Syndrome Definitions for Gastrointestinal Illness with ICD9 Codes for Gastroenteritis during the 2006-07 Norovirus Season in Boston
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We report on a retrospective analysis of gastrointestinal syndrome definitions based on chief complaints and ICD9 diagnosis for gastroenteritis during the 2006-07 season of increased norovirus activity.… de- gree of sensitivity for cases of gastroenteritis as con- firmed by ICD9 codes, however the most specific … -
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Tuberculosis in Fukuoka, Japan
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Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a global public health epidemic in recent years. TB remains a serious public health problem among certain patient populations, and is prevalent in many urban areas. The World Health Organization estimates that… read more… [3] Dye C, Scheele S, Dolin P, Pathania V, Raviglione MC: Con- sensus statement. Global burden of tuberculosis: … -
A Comparison of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department Encounters as Data Sources for Detection of Clusters of Lower Gastrointestinal Illness
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We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the detection of clusters of lower gastrointestinal illness, using AC and ED data and AC+ED data combined, from two geographically separate health plans participating… read more… useful information for syndromic surveillance. Cor- relation with confirmed outbreaks will be necessary to … -
Disease Surveillance among Katrina Evacuees in Shelters - Use of a Web-Based Surveillance System during an Emergency Response
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On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Outside of the affected areas of TX, LA, MS, and AL, GA received the largest number of these evacuees, approximately 125,000. By August 30, 2005, GA began receiving a total of… read more… sur- veillance form captured census data, symptoms con- sistent with infection diseases of outbreak potential, …