Vol 2 (2007)

Table of Contents

Efficient Large-Scale Network-Based Simulation of Disease Outbreaks PDF
Brian M. Adams, Karen D. Devine, Jaideep Ray, Michael M. Wolf 191
What is the Value of a Positive Syndromic Surveillance Signal? PDF
Atar Baer, Mike Jackson, Jeffrey S. Duchin 192
Emergency Department Data Quality Best Practices PDF
Clifton Barnett, Amy Ising, Debbie Travers, Anna Waller 193
Catchment Area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Room - Implications for Syndromic Surveillance in Miami-Dade County PDF
Rene Borroto-Ponce, Guoyan Zhang, Fermin Leguen, Rodlescia Sneed, Claudio Micieli 194
A Comparison of Chief Complaints and Emergency Department Reports for Identifying Patients with Acute Lower Respiratory Syndrome PDF
Wendy W. Chapman, John N. Dowling, Gregory F. Cooper, Milos Hauskrecht, Michal Valko 195
The Potential of Hospital Data Sources for Influenza Surveillance PDF
Lynne Dailey, Garrick L. Wallstrom, Rochelle E. Watkins, Michael M. Wagner, Thomas V. Riley, Aileen J. Plant 196
Evaluation within the Users of a Syndromic Surveillance System in French Guiana PDF
E. Daudens, M. Lamy, B. Dupuy, G. Texier, H. Chaudet, L. Pellegrin, S. Langevin, O. Tournebize, G. Moine, X. Deparis, R. Migliani, A. Spiegel, J-P. Boutin, J. Morvan, J-B. Meynard 197
Reducing the Delay in Detecting an Influenza Epidemic with More Sensitive Case Detection Algorithms PDF
Sylvain DeLisle, Zhilian Ma, Brett South, Gary Smith, Shawn Loftus, Matthew Samore, Trish M. Perl 198
A System for Simulation: Introducing Outbreaks into Time Series Data PDF
Colin R. Goodall, Sylvia Halasz, John R. Allegra, Dennis Cochrane 199
Evaluating the Performance of a Spatial Scan Statistic Using Simulated Outbreak Characteristics PDF
Shaun Grannis, James Egg, Christopher A. Cassa, Karen Olson, Ken Mandl, J. Marc Overhage 200
Timeliness of Over-the-Counter Drug Sales as an Early Indicator of Community Disease Outbreaks in Hong Kong PDF
Fanny Ho, Teresa Choi 201
Comparison of Chief-Complaint vs ICD-9 Data Used in an Emergency Department-Based Hospital Syndromic Surveillance System in Metropolitan Taipei, Taiwan PDF
Chwan-Chuen King, Tsung-Shu Wu, Ching-Yi Hsiao, Fuh-Yan Frank Shih, Muh-Yung Yen, Der-Ming Liu, Shiou-Wen Lu, Chi-Ming Kevin Chang, Chien-Tsai Liu, Li-I Mei, Hen Chang, Andrew Corwin, Richard Fu-Chiang Tsui, Mike Wagner 202
Multi-Method Comparison of Detecting Common Events of Public Health Interest: a Multi-Site, Multi-Stream Simulation Study PDF
Ken Kleinman, Allyson M. Abrams, Martin Kulldorff, Bela Matyas, Dawn Heisey, W. Katherine Yih, Richard Platt 203
The Feasibility of Using Consultation Diagnosis at Emergency Departments for Syndromic Surveillance PDF
Terence Lam, Vera Chow, C. C. Lau, Beatrice Cheng, Teresa Choi 204
Detection Abilities of Several Commonly Used Algorithms as Determined by Simulation Analysis PDF
Laura McDonald, Glenn Guthrie, Victoria Edge, Jeff Aramini 205
Evaluation of a Systematic Emergency Department Chief Complaint System for Near Real-Time Public Health Surveillance PDF
Laura McDonald, Victoria Edge, Jeff Aramini, Kara McDonald 206
Chart Review of Laboratory-Confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis Cases in a Local Food Borne Outbreak Linked to Mung Bean Sprouts PDF
Kieran M. Moore, Bronwen L. Edgar, Don McGuinness, Kevin O'Connor 207
Relationship between Clinical Screening Tools, Syndromic Surveillance, and Influenza-Positive Patients PDF
Kieran Moore, Don McGuinness, Heather Lindsay 208
Can Internet Searches Provide Useful Data For Public Health Surveillance? PDF
Farzad Mostashari 209
Comparison of ICD-9-Coded Chief Complaints and Diagnoses for Identifying Gastrointestinal Syndrome Using ESSENCE PDF
Erin O'Connell, Fermin Leguen, Guoyan Zhang, Claudio Micieli, Rodlescia Sneed, Rene Ponce-Borroto 210
Effective Use of Laboratory Data for Monitoring Population Health PDF
Cara H. Olsen, J.D. Malone, Shilpa Hakre, Julie A. Pavlin 211
An Innovative Design for Conducting Simulation Exercises on Electronic Disease Surveillance System PDF
Marvin L. Sikes Jr., Rekha Holtry, Steve Babin, Wayne Loschen, Jacqueline S. Coberly, Sheryl L. Happel Lewis 212
Evaluation of the DC Department of Health's Syndromic Surveillance System PDF
Michael A. Stoto, Arvind Jain, Beth Ann Griffin, John O. Davies-Cole, Garret Lum, Gebreyesus Kidane, Samuel C. Washington 213
A Framework for Evaluating Temporal Alerting Algorithms Used in Syndromic Surveillance Systems PDF
Michael W. Thompson 214
Understanding the Dynamics of Gastro-Intestinal Syndrome: General Practioner and Hospital Data vs Laboratory Surveillance PDF
Liselotte van Asten, Cees van den Wijngaard, Wilfrid van Pelt, Hans van Vliet, Marion Koopmans 215
Respiratory Syndrome in the Netherlands in Relation to Pathogen Activity PDF
Cees van den Wijngaard, Liselotte van Asten, Wilfrid van Pelt, Arnold Dekkers, Hans van Vliet, Marion Koopmans 216
Syndromic Surveillance for a Large Respiratory Disease Outbreak by Legionella in the Netherlands PDF
Cees van den Wijngaard, Liselotte van Asten, Wilfrid van Pelt, Arnold Dekkers, Jan van de Kassteele, Hans van Vliet, Marion Koopmans 217
Design of Web-Based Detectability Evaluation Software that Interfaces with a Syndromic Surveillance System PDF
Garrick L. Wallstrom 218
Evaluation of the Rhode Island Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RI RODS) System: Disparate Data PDF
Karen A. Williams, Jay S. Buechner 219
Syndromic Surveillance System User Satisfaction and Attitudes PDF
Karen A. Williams, Jeremy Espino, Jay S. Buechner 220
A Syndrome Track and Reporting System in Hillsborough County Florida: Findings from a Systematic Evaluation PDF
Y. Zhu, W. Wang, D. Atribun, C. Carrubba, J. Kintz, G. Elliot 221