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Relationship between Clinical Screening Tools, Syndromic Surveillance, and Influenza-Positive Patients
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In 2003, with the advent of SARS, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to detect patients at high risk for having a febrile respiratory illness (FRI), defined… read more -
Relationship between Emergency Room (ER) Syndromic Surveillance Data and Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Surveillance in Houston, Texas
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Disease surveillance provides essential information for control and response planning1. Emergency Room (ER) syndromic surveillance data can help to identify changes in disease incidence and affected group thereby providing valuable additional time… read more -
Representativeness of Emergency Department Data Reported to the BioSense System
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In 2007, the CDC BioSense System received data from 450 non-federal hospitals. Hospitals provide data to Biosense based on their capability and willingness to supply electronic data. As of July 2008, Biosense is receiving data from 550 hospitals.… read more -
Resolving the 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Syndrome
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To date, most syndromic surveillance systems rely heavily on complicated statistical algorithms to identify aberrations. The assumption is that when the statistics identify something unusual, follow-up should occur. However, with multiple strata… read more -
Respiratory Syndrome in the Netherlands in Relation to Pathogen Activity
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Syndromic surveillance may be suited for detection of emerging respiratory disease elevations that could pass undiagnosed. The syndromes under surveillance should then retrospectively reflect known respiratory pathogen activity. To validate this for… read more -
Responding to Syndromic Surveillance Alerts: An Adaptable Protocol for Georgia Health Districts
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Although many syndromic surveillance (SS) systems have been developed and implemented, few have included response protocols to guide local health jurisdictions when alerts occur [1,2]. SS was first implemented in GA during the 2004 G-8 Summit. Six… read more -
Results from the BioSense Jurisdiction-Specific Wbinars
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BioSense is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national near real-time public health surveillance system. CDC’s BioIntelligence Center (BIC) analysts monitor, analyze, and interpret BioSense data daily and provide support to BioSense… read more -
Reverse Engineering of a Syndrome Definition for Influenza
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We report here on the use of the North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org) to reverse engineer a syndrome definition of influenza for the purpose of influenza surveillance.