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Chikungunya Epidemic in the French Overseas Territories using Syndromic Surveillance
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In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. Starting on the Saint-Martin island, the epidemic of chikungunya spread in Martinique on December 2013. The first cases were then observed in Guadeloupe in… read more -
Impact of the 2015 July Heat Waves in France on Heat-Related Causes
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Two major heat waves occurred in France in July 2015. A first episode characterized by early onset, intensity, large geographical coverage and duration occurred between 29th of June 8th of July. A second episode less intense was localized on the… read more -
Is There a Need for One Health Surveillance (OHS)?
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As interest in One Health (OH) continues to grow, alternative surveillance infrastructure may be needed to support it. Since most population health surveillance is domain specific; as opposed to OH which crosses multiple domains, changes to… read more -
Architectures and Transport Mechanisms for Health Information Interchange of Clinical EHR Data for Syndromic Surveillance: A Report from the International Society for Disease Surveillance
Content Type: Recommendation
A health information interchange architecture (HIIA) defines the attributes of a data sharing relationship between two parties. In the context of electronic syndromic surveillance (ESS), this refers to the standards, tools, and means to securely… read more -
Final Recommendation: Core Processes and EHR Requirements for Public Health Syndromic Surveillance
Content Type: Recommendation
The purpose of this document is to define the core of PHSS practice and the minimum EHR data requirements widely used to support the core. This recommendation provides the CDC and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information… read more -
Evaluation of Praedico™, A Next Generation Big Data Biosurveillance Application
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The National Strategy for Biosurveillance promotes a national effort to improve early detection and enable ongoing situational awareness of all-hazards threats. Implicit in the Strategy’s implementation plan is the need to upgrade capabilities and… read more -
Game Plan: Communicable Disease Surveillance for Super Bowl XLVIII – New Jersey, 2014
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In the summer of 2013, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) began planning for Super Bowl XLVIII to be held on February 2, 2014, in Met Life Stadium, located in the Meadowlands of Bergen County. Surveillance and epidemiology staff in the… read more -
Tiny Footprints Embedded on Grieving Mother's Heart: Stillbirths in the Health and Demographic Surveillance System
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Stillbirth is an unfortunate event in a woman life which remains uncounted in developing countries, thus, seldom caught attention until recently. Among 3.2 million stillbirths globally, 98% occurs in LMICs with majority in South Asia, and 75% of… read more