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Using Medications Sales from Retail Pharmacies for Syndromic Surveillance in Rural China
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Drug sales data as an early indicator in syndromic surveillance has attracted particular interest in recent years, however previous studies were mostly conducted in developed countries or areas. In China, many people (around 60%) choose self-… read more -
Use of Control Bar Matrix for Outbreak Detection in Syndromic Surveillance System
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Aberration detection methods are essential for analyzing and interpreting large quantity of nonspecific real-time data collected in syndromic surveillance system. However, the challenge lies in distinguishing true outbreak signals from a large… read more -
Applying Zero-inflated Mixed Model to School Absenteeism Surveillance in Rural China
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Absenteeism has great advantages in promoting the early detection of epidemics1. Since August 2011, an integrated syndromic surveillance project (ISSC) has been implemented in China2. Distribution of the absenteeism generally are asymmetry, zero… read more -
The Distribution of Infectious Related Symptoms in an Internet-based Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China
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Syndromic surveillance system, which collects non-specific syndromes in the early stages of disease development, has great advantages in promoting early detection of epidemics and reducing the burden of disease confirmation. It is especially… read more -
The Organizational Structures and Human Resources Allocation of Infectious Disease Surveillance System in Rural China
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To meet the long-term needs of public health and social development of China, it is in urgency to establish a comprehensive response system and crisis management mechanism for public health emergencies. Syndromic surveillance system has great… read more -
Evaluating the Performance of Syndromic Surveillance System using High-fidelity Outbreak Simulations
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The evaluation of outbreak detection performance remained a major challenge to every syndromic surveillance system. Owing to the scarcity and uncertainty of infectious disease outbreaks in the real world, simulated outbreak datasets have been… read more -
Capacity and Needs Assessment for Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China: A Mixed Study
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Syndromic surveillance has great advantages in promoting the early detection of infectious disease outbreak and enabling the real-time tracking of on-going epidemics. However, establishing a syndromic surveillance system required huge investment in… read more -
Features of Varicella Outbreak in Primary Schools in an Integrated Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China
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Since April 2012, an integrated syndromic surveillance system (ISSC) has been established in health facilities, pharmacies and primary schools in two rural counties of Jiangxi Province, China (1). The objective of ISSC is to integrate syndromic… read more