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

van Dijk, Adam; Aramini, Jeff; Edge, Graham; Moore, Kieran M.

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

Published Date:

May 2009

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):799-801.

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Personal Authors:

van Dijk, Adam ; Aramini, Jeff ; Edge, Graham ; Moore, Kieran M. ;

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Document Type:

Journal Article

Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases

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.

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