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Tick related diseases in Switzerland, 2008 to 2011

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
QUESTION UNDER STUDY: To determine the incidence and determinants of tick related diseases in Switzerland, such as tick bites and Lyme borreliosis in primary care and tick borne encephalitis.
Ekkehardt Altpeter, Hanspeter Zimmermann, Jürgen Oberreich, Olivier Péter, Charles Dvořák, Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network   +5 more
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Influenza Sentinel Surveillance in Rwanda, 2008–2010 [PDF]

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012
In 2008, Rwanda established an influenza sentinel surveillance (ISS) system to describe the epidemiology of influenza and monitor for the emergence of novel influenza A viruses. We report surveillance results from August 2008 to July 2010.We conducted ISS by monitoring patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection ...
Thierry, Nyatanyi, Richard, Nkunda, Joseph, Rukelibuga, Rakhee, Palekar, Marie Aimée, Muhimpundu, Adeline, Kabeja, Alice, Kabanda, David, Lowrance, Stefano, Tempia, Jean Baptiste, Koama, David, McAlister, Odette, Mukabayire, Justin, Wane, Pratima, Raghunathan, Mark, Katz, Corine, Karema   +15 more
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Sentinel Surveillance for Influenza in Senegal, 1996–2009 [PDF]

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012
Data on influenza in tropical and resource-limited countries are scarce. In this study we present results from 14 years of influenza surveillance in Senegal, one of the few tropical countries in Africa from which longitudinal data are available.From 1996 to 2009, we collected respiratory specimens from outpatients presenting with influenza-like illness
Mbayame Ndiaye, Niang, Annick, Dosseh, Kader, Ndiaye, Monique, Sagna, Victoria, Gregory, Deborah, Goudiaby, Alan, Hay, Ousmane M, Diop   +7 more
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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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The Sentiworld project: global mapping of sentinel surveillance networks in general practice

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Sentinel networks composed of general practitioners (GPs) represent a powerful tool for epidemiologic surveillance and ad-hoc studies. Globalization necesitates greater international cooperation among sentinel networks.
Andrew Meci, Florence Du Breuil, Ana Vilcu, Thibaud Pitel, Caroline Guerrisi, Quentin Robard, Clément Turbelin, Thomas Hanslik, Louise Rossignol, Cécile Souty, Thierry Blanchon   +10 more
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Routine and sentinel surveillance methods

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2021
Surveillance, whether active or passive, is a dynamic process. It is fundamental to public health decision-making and subsequent action. Choice of diseases for surveillance, development of methods, ongoing systematic evaluation and dissemination to those who need to know, are each components which require expert, knowledgeable attention.
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PAN-RESPIRATORY DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
The Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) was established by WHO in 1952 to conduct surveillance for influenza to inform strain selection for seasonal vaccines and to monitor for influenza pandemics.
Bill Davis
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Optimizing Influenza Sentinel Surveillance at the State Level [PDF]

American Journal of Epidemiology, 2009
Influenza-like illness data are collected via an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state level. Because participation is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. The purpose of this study was to determine the "best" locations for sentinel providers in Iowa by using a maximal ...
Philip M, Polgreen, Zunqui, Chen, Alberto M, Segre, Meghan L, Harris, Michael A, Pentella, Gerard, Rushton   +5 more
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Point source outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni infection--are they more common than we think and what might cause them? [PDF]

, 2003
Despite being the commonest bacterial cause of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in England and Wales, outbreaks of campylobacter infection are rarely reported.
Tam, CC, Gillespie, IA, Bolton, FJ, Tompkins, DS, Frost, JA, Campylobacter Sentinel Surveillance Scheme Collaborators, Adak, GK, O'Brien, SJ   +7 more
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Population and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: To present and compare population-based and antenatal-care (ANC) sentinel surveillance HIV prevalence estimates among women in a rural South African population where both provision of ANC services and family planning is prevalent and ...
Welz, Tanya, Hill Caterina, Bätzing-Feigenbaum, Jörg, Barnighausen, Till, Herbst Kobus, Tanser, Frank, Newell, Marie-Louise, Welz Tanya, Hill, Caterina, Barnighausen Till, Herbst, Kobus, Tanser Frank, Bätzing-Feigenbaum Jörg, Rice Brian D, Newell Marie-Louise, Rice, Brian D, Rice, Brian D., Hosegood, Victoria, Hosegood Victoria   +18 more
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