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Implementation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Using a General Practitioner's House Calls Network
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Recent health events in France, such as the dramatic excess of mortality occurred during the 2003 heat wave showed the need for a better provision of information to health authorities. A new syndromic surveillance system based on the… read more… :16-24. [2] SOS Medecins web site, available (http://www.sosmedecins- france.fr/en/default.htm). Last visit on … -
Visits with Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections Reported to the BioSense System, 2006-2007
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Biosurveillance systems typically receive free- text chief complaint and coded diagnosis data, however this data has limited specificity for notifiable disease surveillance. The Biosense System receives chief complaint and/or diagnosis data from… read more… Agents. October 23, 2003. Available at: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/syndromedef/ Advances in Disease … -
All Animal Bites v1
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Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with emergency department data to develop queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the National Notifiable Diseases… read more… Classification of Diseases, 9th & 10th Revision (ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM), SNOMED Clinical Terms (CT)) and chief … or “canine” or “cat” or “chipmunk” or “coyote” or “cow” or “deer” or “dog” or “donkey” or “ferret” or “fisher” … A discharge diagnosis code for bites from cats, horses, cows, other hoof stock, pigs, raccoons, and other mammals – … -
Evaluation of Online Media Reports for Global Infectious Disease Intelligence
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While traditional means of surveillance by governments, multi-national agencies, and institutional networks assist in reporting and confirming infectious disease outbreaks, these formal sources of information are limited by their… read more… about emerging diseases.(3) Figure 1. Screenshot of www.HealthMap.org RESULTS Over the evaluation period, … -
Surveillance Investigation Tool Development Targeted for Results
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The Automated Hospital Emergency Department Data System is designed to detect early indicators of bioterrorism events and naturally occurring public health threats. Four investigatory tools have been developed with drill-down… read more… Diseases, Ninth Revision, Emerging Infectious Diseases, www.cdc.gov/eid, Vol. 13, No. 2, pages 1806-1811. Further … -
Syndromic Surveillance of Norovirus Using Sales of Non-Prescription Medications for Gastroenteritis
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Syndromic surveillance using over the counter (OTC) sales has been shown to provide earlier signals of diarrheal and respiratory disease outbreaks than hospital diagnoses. Under normal circumstances, sales patterns of OTC sales… read more… and Shigella, from 1996 to 1999. CCDR 2003; 29S1 http://www.phac- aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr- … -
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… 25, Number 1 (2004) [2] Emerging Infectious Diseases www.cdc.gov/eid Vol. 13, No 2, February 2007 [3] Annals of … -
Novel Surveillance Tool Enables Public Health Use of Poison Control Calls
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Regional poison control centers (RPC) receive calls about a variety of poisoning exposures. Callers’ symptoms may not otherwise enter traditional public health (PH) surveillance systems. I report a 16-week pilot study of a new tool to enable the RPC… read more… manner to the off- site data analysis tool (FirstWatch www.firstwatch.net ). This tool, originally designed for EMS …