In this webinar, a syndromic surveillance system based on data from a national medical helpline and website will be discussed. The presentation will describe the two data sources (telephone triage and web queries) and the development of methods for local outbreak detection and awareness based on calls, with a particular focus on the large Cryptosporidum outbreaks in Sweden in 2010/2011 (as presented in the paper by Anderson et al, 2014). An update of the incorporation of those methods in a new surveillance system will be given.
Infectious Disease
Description
In September, 2015, Nigeria was delisted from the list of polio endemic countries globally. To be certified polio free, the country must attain and maintain certification standard Acute Flaccid Paralysis(AFP) surveillance for additional two-years. In Oyo State, no case of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) has been reported since February, 2009.
Objective
We evaluated the AFP surveillance system in Oyo State to assessits attributes and determine if it was meeting its set objectives.
Description
Since the emergence of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in 2013, extensive surveillances have been established to monitor the human infection and environmental contamination with avian influenza virus in southern China. At the end of 2015, human infection with influenza A(H5N6) virus was identified in Shenzhen for the first time through these surveillances. These surveillances include severe pneumonia screening, influenza like illness (ILI) surveillance, follow-up on close contact of the confirmed case, serological survey among poultry workers, environment surveillance in poultry market.
Objective
To determine avian influenza A(H5N6) virus infection in human and environment using extensive surveillances. To evaluate the prevalence of H5N6 infection among high risk population.
Description
Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by Plasmodium falciparum. About 3.2 billion people worldwide are at risk of malaria. Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the disease. Sub- Saharan Africa carries a high share of the global malaria burden. Effective malaria surveillance system is essential in the control and elimination of malaria. Worldwide, there were an estimated 198 million cases of malaria in 2013 and 584,000 deaths.
Objective
To describe the process of operation of the system and assess its key attributes, to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the surveillance system and make appropriate recommendations to stakeholders for its improvement.
Description
In 2016, the World Health Organization declared Zika virus a global public health emergency. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other fetal brain defects. To facilitate clinicians’ ability to detect Zika, various syndrome definitions have been developed.
Objective
To develop and validate a Zika virus disease syndrome definition within the GUARDIAN (Geographic Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time for Disease Identification and Alert Notification) surveillance system.
Use for the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling consultancy held October 29-30, 2015 in Falls Church, Virginia.
Problem Summary
Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET.
Problem Summary
Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Infectious Disease Forecast Modeling consultancy held October 29-30, 2015 in Falls Church, Virginia.
Problem Summary
"The UPMC Center for Health Security developed the Infectious Disease Cost Calculator (IDCC) to provide new national and global estimates of the economic burden of infectious diseases. Cost data provided by the IDCC can inform decisions about investments in preventing and controlling infectious diseases at the national and global levels. The IDCC is being launched with data for dengue and cholera, and other diseases will be added in the future."