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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 -
Development of an Introductory Continuing Medical Education Program for Public Health Professionals and Clinicians in Syndromic Surveillance
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58 medical licensure boards require between 12 and 50 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for re-licensure of physicians. 28 states as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Mariana Islands, require… read more -
Directionally Sensitive Multivariate Statistical Process Control Procedures with Application to Syndromic Surveillance
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Current syndromic surveillance systems run multiple simultaneous univariate procedures, each focused on detecting an outbreak in a single data stream. Multivariate procedures have the potential to better detect some types of outbreaks, but most of… read more -
Disaster Surveillance Revisited: Passive, Active and Electronic Syndromic Surveillance during Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA - 2005
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Surveillance strategies following major natural disasters have varied widely with respect to methods used to collect and analyze data. Following Hurricane Katrina, public health concerns included infectious disease outbreaks, injuries, mental health… read more -
Discrete Data from Electronic Medical Records - Next Generation Data Sets for Syndromic Surveillance
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Traditionally Emergency Department syndromic surveillance methods have relied on ICD-9 codes and chief complaints. The implementation of electronic medical record keeping has made much more information available than can… read more