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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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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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Utility of sentinel surveillance as an early warning system for emerging pathogens in a low-resource setting: Correlations of dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and COVID-19 trends between sentinel and passive surveillance systems in Puerto Rico, 2012-2023. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
The representativeness and timeliness of sentinel surveillance for endemic and emerging arboviral and respiratory diseases in low-resource settings are understudied. We compared laboratory-confirmed epidemic dengue, non-epidemic dengue, Zika, chikungunya,
Alfonso C Hernandez-Romieu, Zachary J Madewell, Mark Delorey, Hannah R Volkman, Liliana Sanchez-Gonzalez, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Diego Sainz de la Peña, Jorge Bertrán-Pasarell, Verónica M Frasqueri-Quintana, Jomil Torres Aponte, Melissa Marzan-Rodríguez, Aidsa Rivera, Olga Lorenzi, Carla P Espinet-Crespo, Yashira Maldonado, Roberta Lugo-Robles, Gilberto A Santiago, Janice Perez-Padilla, Jorge L Muñoz-Jordán, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Laura E Adams   +20 more
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Leveraging the influenza sentinel surveillance platform for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in Bangladesh (2020–2024): a prospective sentinel surveillance study [PDF]

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
Md Ariful Islam, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan, Tahmina Shirin   +2 more
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Poor glycemic control and associated factors in diabetic people attending a reference outpatient clinic in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2021
Objective. To identify the proportion of poor of glycemic control and associated factors among people with type 2 diabetes attending a regional reference outpatient clinic in Mato Grosso (Brazil). Methods.
Mariano Martínez Espinosa, Vitesinha Rosa dos Santos Almeida, Vagner Ferreira do Nascimento   +2 more
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Sentinel surveillance and occupational disease [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2015
Improving collection and analysis of data to measure trends in occupational diseases (ODs) has long been, and continues to be, a strategic aim of past and future European Union strategies for health and safety at work. precision in terminology has traditionally influenced the gradual growth of science, including in the discipline of medicine ...
Samant, Yogindra, Wannag, Axel, Urban, Pavel, MATTIOLI, STEFANO   +3 more
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Criteria for selecting sentinel unit locations in a surveillance system for vector-borne disease: A decision tool

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivesWith vector-borne diseases emerging across the globe, precipitated by climate change and other anthropogenic changes, it is critical for public health authorities to have well-designed surveillance strategies in place. Sentinel surveillance has
Camille Guillot, Camille Guillot, Camille Guillot, Catherine Bouchard, Catherine Bouchard, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Philippe Berthiaume, Philippe Berthiaume, François Milord, Patrick A. Leighton, Patrick A. Leighton   +10 more
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Recent increase in the detection of human parainfluenza virus during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic in the Republic of Korea

Virology Journal, 2022
Background Since the onset of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the prevalence of respiratory infectious diseases, particularly, the flu epidemic, has considerably decreased.
Heui Man Kim, Jee Eun Rhee, Nam-Joo Lee, Sang Hee Woo, Ae Kyung Park, Jaehee Lee, Cheon Kwon Yoo, Eun-Jin Kim   +7 more
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