Real-Time Surveillance for Respiratory Disease Outbreaks, Ontario, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  van Dijk, Adam ; Aramini, Jeff ; Edge, Graham ; Moore, Kieran M.
• Description:
  To validate the utility of a chief complaint-based emergency department surveillance system, we compared it with respiratory diagnostic data and calls to Telehealth Ontario about respiratory disease. This local syndromic surveillance system accurately monitored status of respiratory diseases in the community and contributed to early detection of respiratory disease outbreaks.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Humans
  • Influenza, Human
  • Population Surveillance
  • Prevalence
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Syndrome
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):799-801.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ontario, Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17729/cdc_17729_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 198.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:30684047387f74e19e9a5296916b54959954a1177cc5f17f538b0472ed2bbe28