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Integrated Syndromic and Virologic Surveillance Systems from Taiwan's Experiences in Facing Global Challenges of Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Objective: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EID/REID) involve large populations at risk and thus they might lead to rapidly increasing cases or case fatality rates. Living in this global village, cross-country or cross-continent spreadā¦ read more -
Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System Using Chief-Complaint Data at Emergency Department of One Regional Hospital in Taipei City to Detect Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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Facing public health threats of bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases (EID), the traditional passive surveillance system is not efficient and outmoded. Evidences reveal that several newly developed syndromic surveillanceā¦ read more -
Comparison of Chief-Complaint vs ICD-9 Data Used in an Emergency Department-Based Hospital Syndromic Surveillance System in Metropolitan Taipei, Taiwan
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The 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan provided accelerated us to develop the most timely surveillance system1. Taipei, a metropolitan with many travelers annually, requires the earliest warningand immediateā¦ read more