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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Syndromic Surveillance"”.
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Automated Syndromic Surveillance using Intelligent Mobile Agents
Current syndromic surveillance systems utilize centralized databases that are neither scalable in storage space nor in computing power. Such systems are limited in the amount of syndromic data that may be collected and analyzed for the early detection of infectious disease outbreaks. However, with …
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The Development and Evaluation of Toxic Syndromes and the Assessment of an Integrated Approach to Syndromic Surveillance with the Palmetto Poison Center
… (GNS and SNS) displayed the flexibility of syndromic surveillance systems to adapt to new public health concerns. The PPC specialists reliability was mostly moderate to substantial which illustrated a high agreement in coding calls, although still room for improvement. This study strengthens …
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The performance of respiratory illness surveillance case definitions to detect Bordetella pertussis in children aged < 5 years seeking healthcare for respiratory illness in South Africa, 2017-2023
… Pertussis is vaccine‐preventable and requires surveillance to guide interventions. Assessing the performance of syndromic surveillance and the World Health Organization (WHO) pertussis case definitions can improve sensitivity and accuracy in detecting laboratory‐confirmed Bordetella pertussis, …
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Statistical estimation and changepoint detection methods in public health surveillance
… detection. A fundamental goal of public health surveillance, particularly syndromic surveillance, is the timely detection of increases in the rate of unusual events. In syndromic surveillance, a significant increase in the incidence of monitored disease outcomes would trigger an alert, possibly …
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Spatial outbreak detection analysis tool : a system to create sets of semi-synthetic geo-spatial clusters
Syndromic surveillance systems, especially software systems, have emerged as the leading outbreak detection mechanisms. Early outbreak detection systems can assist with medical and logistic decision support. One important concern for effectively testing these systems in practice is the scarcity of …
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Influenza Modeling, New York City, January 2000 to March 2010
<p>Traditional influenza surveillance methods require all reported cases to have a laboratory positive confirmed diagnosis, causing delays in outbreak detection. Many public health authorities have begun monitoring influenza-like illness (ILI) which does not require a patient to seek medical care …
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Public Health Professionals’ Prepardness and Challenges In Implementing Certified Electronic Health Records Technology
… department. State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (SendSS) and the Electronic Lab Reporting (ELR) are still not linked for data entry directly into the systems. Bandwidth is an issue with speed of data transfers a significant concern. Health district leadership recommends that …