National Syndromic Surveillance Program update
NSSP Update is published monthly by the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) and brings you the latest news about the BioSense Platform. To learn more, visit the NSSP website.
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Using Ontario's "Telehealth" health telephone helpline as an early-warning system: a study protocol [PDF]
Background The science of syndromic surveillance is still very much in its infancy. While a number of syndromic surveillance systems are being evaluated in the US, very few have had success thus far in predicting an infectious disease event. Furthermore,
Moore Kieran M +3 more
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Developing a syndromic surveillance tool to support the epidemiological investigation into paediatric acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in England [PDF]
Background During 2022, a new public health threat emerged when cases of paediatric acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology (HUA) were identified in children aged under 16 years old in the United Kingdom (UK).
Alex J. Elliot +8 more
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The Development and Growth of the English National Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance Program: Key Developments and Lessons Learned From the First Two Decades [PDF]
Syndromic surveillance now forms an integral part of the surveillance for a wide range of hazards in many countries. Establishing syndromic surveillance systems can be difficult due to the many different sources of data that can be used, cost pressures ...
Gillian E Smith +12 more
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Syndromic surveillance systems to detect outbreaks of gastroenteritis in high-income countries: a scoping review [PDF]
Background Syndromic surveillance systems leverage non-diagnostic data sources to enable the early detection of infectious gastroenteritis outbreaks. However, their use in high-income countries (HICs) remains underexplored.
Faris Adel Mutawalli +6 more
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Syndromic Surveillance—Review on Different Practices’ Performance and Added Value for Public Health [PDF]
Timely identification of infectious disease threats is essential for public health readiness. Conventional indicator-based surveillance systems, while dependable for tracking established pathogens, frequently lack the agility and sensitivity to detect ...
Zhivka Getsova, Vanya Rangelova
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Innovative Uses for Syndromic Surveillance
To determine if expanded queries can be used to identify specific reportable diseases/conditions not detected by using automated syndrome categories, we developed new categories to use with the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of
Erin K. O’Connell +4 more
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From Fax to Secure File Transfer Protocol: The 25-Year Evolution of Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance in England [PDF]
The purpose of syndromic surveillance is to provide early warning of public health incidents, real-time situational awareness during incidents and emergencies, and reassurance of the lack of impact on the population, particularly during mass ...
Alex J Elliot +10 more
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Evaluating Syndromic Surveillance Systems [PDF]
Syndromic surveillance systems are commonly presented in the literature but few are rigorously evaluated. We present and test an evaluation framework to examine which events can and cannot be detected, the time to detection and the efficacy of different syndromic surveillance data streams.
Lake, Iain +5 more
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