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Sentinel Health Unit Surveillance System [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994
T HE CANADIAN PUBLIC HEALTII SYSTEM lS CONSTANTLY challenged to develop disease prevention and control strategies for Canada. These strategies need to be developed using Canadian population-based data collected on the incidence of and the risk factors associated with selected diseases.
Cathy Anderson
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Characterizing adult asthma: a cross-sectional epidemiologic study from the canadian primary care sentinel surveillance network [PDF]

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
National asthma prevalence data in Canada typically come from health surveys or administrative records. Since most asthma care is provided by family physicians, primary care electronic medical records (EMRs) may offer valuable insights into asthma ...
Sabrina Allarakhia, Alison Morra, Rebecca Theal, Max Moloney, Samir Gupta, Teresa To, Geneviève Digby, David Barber, John Queenan, M. Diane Lougheed   +9 more
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Sentinel Surveillance of Schistosomiasis - China, 2021. [PDF]

China CDC Wkly, 2023
This report analyzes the national surveillance data for schistosomiasis in 2021 to understand the current status and provide evidence for further policy actions to promote elimination. This analysis is in line with the National Surveillance Plan of Schistosomiasis, which was revised in 2020 to adapt to the new stage of moving towards elimination.Data ...
Guo S, Dang H, Li Y, Zhang L, Yang F, He J, Cao C, Xu J, Li S.   +8 more
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Influenza-like illness sentinel surveillance in Peru. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory illnesses and influenza-like illnesses (ILI) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the public health importance, little is known about the etiology of these acute respiratory illnesses in ...
V Alberto Laguna-Torres, Jorge Gómez, Víctor Ocaña, Patricia Aguilar, Tatiana Saldarriaga, Edward Chavez, Juan Perez, Hernán Zamalloa, Brett Forshey, Irmia Paz, Elizabeth Gomez, Roel Ore, Gloria Chauca, Ernesto Ortiz, Manuel Villaran, Stalin Vilcarromero, Claudio Rocha, Omayra Chincha, Gerardo Jiménez, Miguel Villanueva, Edwar Pozo, Jackeline Aspajo, Tadeusz Kochel   +22 more
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Challenges in strengthening sentinel surveillance network during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The emergence of variants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on healthcare systems in Africa. The Afroscreen project is strengthening national sentinel surveillance systems, combined with sequencing capabilities to identify potentially
Julien Poublan, Kadio Jean-Jacques Olivier Kadio, Rodion Konu, Ramatoulaye Hamidou Lazoumar, Mathurin Cyrille Tejiokem, Isaac Tiembré, Rila Ratovoson, Sandra Coti, Justus Nsio, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Parfait Hounbegnon, Emilande Guichet, Vincent Richard, Isidore Traoré, Mathias Altmann   +14 more
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Balancing Human Mobility and Health Care Coverage in Sentinel Surveillance of Brazilian Indigenous Areas: Mathematical Optimization Approach [PDF]

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundOptimizing sentinel surveillance site allocation for early pathogen detection remains a challenge, particularly in ensuring coverage of vulnerable and underserved populations.
Juliane Fonseca Oliveira, Adriano O Vasconcelos, Andrêza L Alencar, Maria Célia S L Cunha, Izabel Marcilio, Manoel Barral-Netto, Pablo Ivan P Ramos   +6 more
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Comparison of COVID-19 Sentinel Surveillance and COVID-19 School Absentee Surveillance in Japan [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: In Japan, notifiable infectious disease surveillance ended and was replaced by sentinel surveillance following the COVID-19 reclassification in May 2023. Since COVID-19 sentinel surveillance is integrated into seasonal influenza surveillance,
Masaki Tanabe, Shiho Ito, Yasuyuki Hara, Takahiro Ogura, Makoto Ichikawa, Miwa Fukuta, Yoshito Iwade   +6 more
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Incidence estimation from sentinel surveillance data; a simulation study and application to data from the Belgian laboratory sentinel surveillance [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Inverse probability weighting (IPW) methods can be used to estimate the total number of cases from the sample collected through sentinel surveillance.
Toon Braeye, Sophie Quoilin, Niel Hens
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Evaluation of the design of the influenza-like illness sentinel surveillance system in Brazil [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
: The influenza-like illness (ILI) sentinel surveillance operates in Brazil to identify respiratory viruses of public health relevance circulating in the country and was first implemented in 2000. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the importance
Laís Picinini Freitas, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Leonardo Soares Bastos, Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela, Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, Antonio Guilherme Pacheco, Flavio Codeço Coelho, Raquel Martins Lana, Luiz Max Fagundes de Carvalho, Roberta Pereira Niquini, Walquiria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida, Daiana Araújo da Silva, Felipe Cotrim de Carvalho, Marcelo Ferreira da Costa Gomes   +13 more
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Use of Sentinel Surveillance Platforms for Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Activity: Evidence From Analysis of Kenya Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Data

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
BackgroundLittle is known about the cocirculation of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of respiratory disease sentinel surveillance platforms for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 activity in sub ...
Daniel Owusu, Linus K Ndegwa, Jorim Ayugi, Peter Kinuthia, Rosalia Kalani, Mary Okeyo, Nancy A Otieno, Gilbert Kikwai, Bonventure Juma, Peninah Munyua, Francis Kuria, Emmanuel Okunga, Ann C Moen, Gideon O Emukule   +13 more
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