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Use of Syndromic Surveillance in the Investigation of Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak
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On June 22, 2007 increases in over-the-counter (OTC) electrolyte and child anti-fever medication sales were detected through routine OTC surveillance. Increases in emergency department (ED) data for gastrointestinal (GI) illness among… read more -
Use of the Connecticut Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System for Situational Awareness During Public Health Events
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In Connecticut (CT), several syndromic surveillance systems have been established by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to detect and monitor potential public health threats. The emergency department syndromic surveillance (EDSS)… read more -
Use of Time Series Models for Multi-Stream Surveillance
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Surveillance of individual data streams is a well-accepted approach to monitor community incidence of infectious diseases such as influenza, and to enable timely detection of outbreaks so that control measures can be applied.… read more -
Using AFDL Algorithm to Estimate Risk of Positive Outcomes of Microbial Tests at Food Establishments
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One of the common tasks faced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety analysts is to estimate the risk of observing positive outcomes of microbial tests of food samples collected at the slaughter and food… read more -
Using Age as Space: Looking for Citywide Age Clusters of Influenza
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There has been much recent interest in using disease signatures to better recognize disease outbreaks. Conversely, the metrics used to describe these signatures can also be used to better characterize the outbreaks. Recent work at the New York City… read more -
Using Biosurveillance Whole-System Facsimiles To Compare Aberrancy-Detection Methods: Should BioSense Use SatScan?
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OBJECTIVE A “whole-system facsimile” recreates a complex automated biosurveillance system running prospectively on real historical datasets. We systematized this approach to compare the performance of otherwise… read more -
Using Business Intelligence Tools to Automate Data Capture and Reporting
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The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT) serves public health users across NC at the local, regional and state levels, providing early event detection and situational awareness capabilities. At the… read more -
Using Electronic Surveillance Systems in Resource-Poor Settings: Why and How
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Difficulties in timely acquisition and interpretation of accurate data on communicable diseases can impede outbreak detection and control. These limitations are of global importance: they contribute to avoidable morbidity,… read more