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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.020764
Personal Author:
Wolfe, Mitchell I. ; Nolte, Kurt B. ; Yoon, Steven S. ;
Wolfe, Mitchell I. ; Nolte, Kurt B. ; Yoon, Steven S. ; Less -
Description:
Increasing infectious disease deaths, the emergence of new infections, and bioterrorism have made surveillance for infectious diseases a public health concern. Medical examiners and coroners certify approximately 20% of all deaths that occur within the United States and can be a key source of information regarding infectious disease deaths. We hypothesized that a computer-assisted search tool (algorithm) could detect infectious disease deaths from a medical examiner database, thereby reducing the time and resources required to perform such surveillance manually. We developed two algorithms, applied them to a medical examiner database, and verified the cases identified against the opinion of a panel of experts. The algorithms detected deaths with infectious components with sensitivities from 67% to 94%, and predictive value positives ranging from 8% to 49%. Algorithms can be useful for surveillance in medical examiner offices that have limited resources or for conducting surveillance across medical examiner jurisdictions.
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Algorithms
Communicable Diseases
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Coroners And Medical Examiners
Databases, Factual
Humans
Population Surveillance
Research
Sensitivity And Specificity

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(1):48-53.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Place as Subject:
New Mexico ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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