Validation of Syndromic Surveillance for Respiratory Pathogen Activity

van den Wijngaard, Cees; van Asten, Liselotte; van Pelt, Wilfrid; Nagelkerke, Nico J.D.; Verheij, Robert; de Neeling, Albert J.; Dekkers, Arnold; van der Sande, Marianne A.B.; van Vliet, Hans; Koopmans, Marion P.G.

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Validation of Syndromic Surveillance for Respiratory Pathogen Activity

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Jun 2008

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Emerg Infect Dis. 14(6):917-925.

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van den Wijngaard, Cees ; van Asten, Liselotte ; van Pelt, Wilfrid ; Nagelkerke, Nico J.D. ; Verheij, Robert ; ... More ▼

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Syndromic surveillance is increasingly used to signal unusual illness events. To validate data-source selection, we retrospectively investigated the extent to which 6 respiratory syndromes (based on different medical registries) reflected respiratory pathogen activity. These syndromes showed higher levels in winter, which corresponded with higher laboratory counts of Streptococcus pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza virus. Multiple linear regression models indicated that most syndrome variations (up to 86%) can be explained by counts of respiratory pathogens. Absenteeism and pharmacy syndromes might reflect nonrespiratory conditions as well. We also observed systematic syndrome elevations in the fall, which were unexplained by pathogen counts but likely reflected rhinovirus activity. Earliest syndrome elevations were observed in absenteeism data, followed by hospital data (+1 week), pharmacy/general practitioner consultations (+2 weeks), and deaths/laboratory submissions (test requests) (+3 weeks). We conclude that these syndromes can be used for respiratory syndromic surveillance, since they reflect patterns in respiratory pathogen activity.

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