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Detection Abilities of Several Commonly Used Algorithms as Determined by Simulation Analysis
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The Public Health Agency of Canada is currently utilizing a syndromic surveillance prototype called the Canadian Early Warning System (CEWS). This system monitors several live data feeds, including emergency room chief… read more -
Detection of a Vaccine-preventable Reportable Disease: Comparison of Physician Reporting vs. an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System
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Communicable diseases are underreported by physicians, especially diseases without laboratory tests. The goals of our study were to determine reporting levels for clinical chickenpox, describe clinical data elements common to chickenpox, and assess… read more -
Detection of Enteric Disease Epidemics Using a Diarrhea-specific Category
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The Utah Department of Health documented a single epidemic of cryptosporidiosis in Utah during 2007. Seven hundred eleven laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Salt Lake County, Utah from July 27 through December 18. Illness onset date was… read more -
Detection of Shigella Outbreaks in Argentina Using WHONET and SaTScan
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Electronic laboratory-based surveillance can significantly improve the diagnostic specificity and response time of traditional infectious disease surveillance. Under the project “Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study”, we… read more -
Detection of Walkerton Gastroenteritis Outbreak Using Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Room Records
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In May 2000 accidental contamination of the water supply led to an outbreak of severe gastroenteritis in Walkerton Ontario, Canada. Of 1346 cases associated with exposure to Walkerton water, 65 were admitted to hospital, 27 developed Hemolytic-… read more -
Development and Evaluation of a Data-adaptive Algorithm for Univariate Temporal Biosurveillance Data
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Numerous recent papers have evaluated algorithms for biosurveillance anomaly detection. Common essential problems in the disparate, evolving data environment include trends, day-of-week effects, and other systematic behavior.… read more -
Establishing a National Syndromic Surveillance System among Asylum Seekers
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Most European countries are facing a continuous increased influx of asylum seekers. Poor living conditions in crowded shelters and refugee camps increase the risk for - outbreaks of - infectious diseases in this vulnerable population. In line with… read more -
Development of an Integrated Surveillance System for Beijing
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After the SARS outbreak in 2003, Beijing established Fever Clinics in major hospitals for the early detection of potential respiratory disease outbreaks. The data collection in Fever Clinics contains the basic patient information, body temperature,… read more