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Redefining syndromic surveillance [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
With growing concerns about international spread of disease and expanding use of early disease detection surveillance methods, the field of syndromic surveillance has received increased attention over the last decade.
Rebecca Katz, Larissa May, Julia Baker, Elisa Test   +3 more
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Syndromic surveillance of influenza-like illness in Scotland during the influenza A H1N1v pandemic and beyond [PDF]

, 2012
Syndromic surveillance refers to the rapid monitoring of syndromic data to highlight and follow outbreaks of infectious diseases, increasing situational awareness.
Murdoch, Heather, Crooks, George, Kavanagh, Kimberley, Robertson, Christopher, McMenamin, Jim   +4 more
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A multi-data source surveillance system to detect a bioterrorism attack during the G8 summit in Scotland [PDF]

, 2008
In 18 weeks, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) deployed a syndromic surveillance system to early-detect natural or intentional disease outbreaks during the G8 Summit 2005 at Gleneagles, Scotland.
Allardice, G., J. McMENAMIN, McMenamin, J., Donaghy, M., C. ROBERTSON, Allardice, G.M., G. ALLARDICE, Cooper, D., D. COOPER, Meyer, N., Robertson, C., M. DONAGHY, N. MEYER   +12 more
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Syndromic surveillance to assess the potential public health impact of the Icelandic volcanic ash plume across the United Kingdom, April 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted on 14 April 2010 emitting a volcanic ash plume that spread across the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.
Ramsay, C.N., Murray, V., Smith, G.E., Kibble, A., Harcourt, S., Kavanagh, K., McMenamin, J., Singh, N., Elliott, A.J., McCloskey, B., Smith, S., Ibbotson, S., Loveridge, P., Robertson, C., Pnaiser, R., Catchpole, M.   +15 more
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Hypereosinophilic syndromes [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2003
Hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES) constitute a rare and heterogeneous group of disorders, defined as persistent and marked blood eosinophilia (> 1.5 x 10(9)/L for more than six consecutive months) associated with evidence of eosinophil-induced organ damage, where other causes of hypereosinophilia such as allergic, parasitic, and malignant disorders ...
Roufosse, Florence, Goldman, Michel, Cogan, Elie   +2 more
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Emergency department syndromic surveillance systems: a systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Syndromic surveillance provides public health intelligence to aid in early warning and monitoring of public health impacts (e.g. seasonal influenza), or reassurance when an impact has not occurred.
Helen E. Hughes, Obaghe Edeghere, Sarah J. O’Brien, Roberto Vivancos, Alex J. Elliot   +4 more
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FluWatchers: Evaluation of a crowdsourced influenza-like illness surveillance application for Canadian influenza seasons 2015–2016 to 2018–2019

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: Sentinel influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance is an essential component of a comprehensive influenza surveillance program. Community-based ILI surveillance systems that rely solely on sentinel healthcare practices omit important segments
Liza Lee, Mireille Desroches, Shamir Mukhi, Christina Bancej   +3 more
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Correcting for day of the week and public holiday effects: improving a national daily syndromic surveillance service for detecting public health threats

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background As service provision and patient behaviour varies by day, healthcare data used for public health surveillance can exhibit large day of the week effects. These regular effects are further complicated by the impact of public holidays.
Elizabeth Buckingham-Jeffery, Roger Morbey, Thomas House, Alex J. Elliot, Sally Harcourt, Gillian E. Smith   +5 more
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Prospective evaluation of NGS-based sequencing in epilepsy patients: results of seven NASGE-associated diagnostic laboratories

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundEpilepsy is one of the most common and disabling neurological disorders. It is highly prevalent in children with neurodevelopmental delay and syndromic diseases. However, epilepsy can also be the only disease-determining symptom.
Maximilian G. W. Witzel, Christian Gebhard, Sören Wenzel, Saskia Kleier, Birgit Eichhorn, Peter Lorenz, Laura von der Heyden, Marius Kuhn, Manuel Luedeke, Miriam Döcker, Jerome Jüngling, Björn Schulte, Konstanze Hörtnagel, Ralf Glaubitz, Sarah Knippenberger, Anna Teubert, Angela Abicht, Teresa M. Neuhann   +17 more
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A methodological framework for the evaluation of syndromic surveillance systems: a case study of England

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Syndromic surveillance complements traditional public health surveillance by collecting and analysing health indicators in near real time. The rationale of syndromic surveillance is that it may detect health threats faster than traditional ...
Felipe J. Colón-González, Iain R. Lake, Roger A. Morbey, Alex J. Elliot, Richard Pebody, Gillian E. Smith   +5 more
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