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BioSense Platform Data Flow - Part 1- Data Ingestion into the BioSense Platform
Content Type: Webinar
The National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) is conducting a three-part webinar series to describe how data will flow to the BioSense Platform. This comprehensive series explores how data are ingested into the BioSense Platform and ESSENCE… read more -
An Integrated Mosquito Surveillance Module in New York State
Content Type: Abstract
There were several stand-alone vector surveillance applications being used by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to support the reporting of mosquito, bird, and mammal surveillance and infection information implemented in early 2000s… read more -
Integrating Poison Center Data into Oregon ESSENCE using a Low-Cost Solution
Content Type: Abstract
Oregon Public Health Division (OPHD), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented Oregon ESSENCE in 2012. Oregon ESSENCE is an automated, electronic syndromic surveillance system that captures emergency… read more -
Interpreting specific and general respiratory indicators in syndromic surveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Public Health England (PHE) uses syndromic surveillance systems to monitor for seasonal increases in respiratory illness. Respiratory illnesses create a considerable burden on health care services and therefore identifying the timing and intensity… read more -
Jurisdictional Usage of the New ESSENCE Word Alert Feature
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance systems have historically focused on aggregating data into syndromes for analysis and visualization. These syndromes provide users a way to quickly filter large amounts of data into a manageable number of streams to analyze.… read more -
Key elements of infectious disease syndromic surveillance systems: A scoping review
Content Type: Abstract
Syndromic surveillance is an alternative type of public health surveillance which utilizes pre-diagnostic data sources to detect outbreaks earlier than conventional (laboratory) surveillance and monitor the progression of illnesses in populations.… read more -
Kidenga: Public engagement for detection and prevention of Aedes -borne viral diseases
Content Type: Abstract
Zika, chikungunya, and dengue have surged in the Americas over the past several years and pose serious health threats in regions of the U.S. where Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquito vectors occur. Ae. aegypti have been detected up to 6 months… read more -
An open source inventory to evaluate public health surveillance systems
Content Type: Abstract
A variety of government reports have cited challenges in coordinating national biosurveillance efforts at strategic and tactical levels. The General Accountability Office (GAO), an independent nonpartisan agency that investigates how the federal… read more