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Surveillance is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice, closely integrated with the timely feedback of these data to those who need to know. Centers for Disease Control
Surveillance can…
Estimate the magnitude of a problem Determine geographic distribution of illness Detect epidemics/outbreaks Generate hypotheses, stimulate research Evaluate whether control measures work Monitor changes in infectious agents Detect changes in health practices
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reporthttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
SEER Cancer Registry http://seer.cancer.gov/
US Vital Statistics http://wonder.cdc.gov/welcome.html
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) – produces the data in the
MMWR
The reportable diseases list is revised periodically by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Centers for Disease control (CDC)
States report their cases to the CDC Internationally quarantinable diseases (i.e.,
cholera, plague and yellow fever) must be reported to the World Health Organization (WHO)
The Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) Program at the WHO
Monitors… Anthrax Avian influenza Crimean-Congo
haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) Dengue/dengue
haemorrhagic fever Ebola haemorrhagic fever Hepatitis Influenza Lassa fever
Marburg haemorrhagic fever Meningococcal disease Plague Rift Valley fever Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS) Smallpox Tularaemia Yellow fever
Surveillance for communicable diseases is important…
The world population is highly mobile
International travel and troop movements increase the risk of communicable disease transmission
Forced migration for war and famine, and voluntary immigration increase communicable disease risk
Types of Surveillance
Passive Inexpensive, provider-initiated Good for monitoring large numbers of typical health events Under-reporting is a problem
Active More expensive, Health Department-initiated Good for detecting small numbers of unusual health events
Enhanced Rapid reporting and communication between surveillance agencies
and stakeholders Best for detecting outbreaks and potentially severe public health
problems
Syndromic surveillance
Allows us to identify groups of signs and symptoms that precede diagnosis and signal a sufficient probability of a case or an outbreak that warrants a further public health response
Example: EBOLA VIRUS
Sentinel Surveillance
Monitors Sites – volcanos Events – 9/11 Providers – ERs Vectors/animals
• Rabies• West Nile
SENTINEL EVENT Nov 12, 2001 - 9:17 am Flight AA 587 Crashes in Rockaways
7-Zip Surveillance showed:
27 Obs / 10 Exp Resp Emergencies p<0.001
31 Obs / 16 Exp Hospital Events p<0.05
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Chart review in one hospital (9 cases) Smoke Inhalation (1 case) Atypical Chest Pain / Anxious (2 cases) Shortness of Breath - Psychiatric (1 case) Asthma Exacerbation (3 cases) URI/LRI (2 cases)
Checked same-day logs at 2 hospitals Increase not sustained
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First anthrax case reported, 10/4/01.
CDC recommends doxycyline 10/28/01.
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Reported Salmonella Isolates,* United States, 1976-2001
*Data from Public Health Laboratory Information System (PHLIS).
Source: CDC. Summary of notifiable diseases. 2001.
Tobacco Cessation Aids Sold at a Large Pharmacy Chain
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Recent Occupational Monitoring Efforts for Sentinel Events Include…
Biodetection Systems (BDS) in NJ post offices to detect anthrax and soon, ricin
Biowatch, an air monitoring system in New York City and 30 other cities
Free Resources
World Health Organization DISMOD Software http://www.who.int/healthinfo/boddismod/en/
Centers for Disease ControlEpi Info and Epi Maphttp://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/