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Too Many Signals? Frequency and Quantitative Descriptions of Detected Events
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San Diego County Public Health has been conducting syndromic surveillance for the past few years. Currently, the system has become largely automated and processes and analyzes data from a variety of disparate sources including hospital emergency… read more -
Traveling Epidemic Waves in Biosurveillance Data: Identifying Early Hotspots of Respiratory Illness
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We have previously shown that timeliness of detection is influenced both by the data source (e.g., ambulatory vs. emergency department) and demographic characteristics of patient populations (e.g., age). Because epidemic waves are thought to… read more -
Triage Note in Emergency Department-Based Syndromic Surveillance
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The North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS) receives daily emergency department (ED) data from 33 (29%) of the 114 EDs in North Carolina. These data are available via a Web-based portal and the Early… read more -
A Digital Platform for Local Foodborne Illness and Outbreak Surveillance
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Foodborne illness affects 1 in 4 Americans, annually. However, only a fraction of affected individuals seek medical attention. To supplement traditional approaches to foodborne disease surveillance, researchers and public health departments are… read more -
Tuberculosis Surveillance, Republics of Armenia and Georgia, 2003-2004
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The former Soviet Union (FSU)—through the Sanitary-Epidemiologic Service (SES)—developed an extensive system of disease surveillance that was effective, yet centrally planned in Moscow. Even after the fall of the FSU in 1991,… read more -
Understanding the Dynamics of Gastro-Intestinal Syndrome: General Practioner and Hospital Data vs Laboratory Surveillance
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Objective Understanding the baseline dynamics of syndrome counts is essential for use in prospective syndromic surveillance. Therefore we studied to what extent the known seasonal dynamics of gastro-intestinal (GI… read more -
UPDATE: Bird Flu, the Media and Syndromic Surveillance, 2006-7
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While mass media coverage of bird flu often provides specific information that may prevent or contain the disease, it is often less than ideal; the public may become fearful and panic at the news of a potential outbreak of bird… read more -
Use of Clinical Laboratory Results for Military Medical Surveillance: The Health Level 7 Experience
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Medical surveillance in the military can be improved through the use of clinical laboratory results collected within the Military Health System. This presentation describes an effort to establish Electronic Laboratory Reporting in the military using… read more