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Some Interactive Data Exploration Tools for Syndromic Surveillance
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This paper describes several interactive data exploration tools for examining surveillance data. -
Spatial Analysis of an Outbreak of Q Fever
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As part of the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Q fever in a factory in Scotland, we aimed to utilise a spatial scan statistic to aid in identification of areas associated with increased relative risk of infection. -
Cause of death in under 5 children in a demographic surveillance site in Pakistan
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Pakistan ranks 26th in Childhood mortality rates, globally. Pakistan, with other 4 countries is responsible for about half of the deaths of children age under 5. Despite such burden vital registration system is not well established, health… read more -
The Use of Rapid Diagnostic Assays to Supplement Syndromic Surveillance: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Project in New York City
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Syndromic surveillance systems can detect increases in respiratory and gastrointestinal illness, but diagnosis of etiologic agents can be delayed due to difficult, time-consuming identification and low rates of testing for viral pathogens. Rapid… read more -
The Utility of Biosurveillance for Public Health Practice: The Findings from Two Case Studies
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States and localities are using biosurveillance for a variety purposes including event detection, situational awareness, and response. However, little is known about the impact of biosurveillance on the operational components… read more -
The Utility of Patient Chief Complaint and ICD 9 Classifiers for the Influenza Sub-Syndrome
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In order to detect influenza outbreaks, the New York State Department of Health emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance system uses patients’ chief complaint (CC) to assign visits to respiratory and fever syndromes… read more -
The Utility of Space-Time Surveillance for Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a global health epidemic in recent years. Although several researchers have examined the use of space-time surveillance to detect TB clusters, they have not used genetic information to… read more -
The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment
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Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more