Role of syndromic surveillance program in the practice of early detection on disease outbreak.

Shenggen WU; Yuwei Weng; Wenjing YE; Linglan Wang; Yansheng Yan; Rongtao Hong; Jianming OU; Wu Chen; Shaojian Cai

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Role of syndromic surveillance program in the practice of early detection on disease outbreak.

Author: Shenggen WU ^{1
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1. Department of Emergency Management and Epidemic Management
2. Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fuzhou 350001, China
3. Priority Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350001 China
4. School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350003, China.
5. Department of Prevention and Treatment of Viral Diseases.
6. Department of Emergency Management and Epidemic Management.
7. Department of Emergency Management and Epidemic Management Office
8. Office.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Data Collection; Dengue; diagnosis; epidemiology; prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks; prevention & control; Drug Prescriptions; statistics & numerical data; Drug Utilization; statistics & numerical data; trends; Early Diagnosis; Female; Fever; etiology; Health Information Systems; Humans; Male; Pharmacy Service, Hospital; Population Surveillance; methods; Retrospective Studies
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2016;37(4):531-534
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVEA Dengue outbreak was reported in Dongfen town Jianou county, Fujian province on September 19, 2014. The goal of this project was to explore the role of syndromic surveillance program in the practice of early detection on disease outbreak through the case mentioned above.
METHODSThe authors retrospectively collected data related to Outpatient log and Pharmacy drug use in Dongfen township hospital through the electronic information system of the hospital from August to November, 2014. All the abnormal events were recorded, according to related data on fever and drug use. Description of fever, syndromic characteristics, correlation and Linear regression analyses were conducted, using the surveillance data on fever syndrome and drug use from the pharmacy.
RESULTSA total of 1 102 cases with fever and 2 437 fever-related clinic visits were reported which showing an increased number of 19.6, 10.2 times respectively, when compared to the same period of the previous year in which men accounted for 45.3% (499/1 102) and female accounted for 54.7% (603/1 102). Age groups presented an atypical type " M" type. 5 and 10 year olds groups formed the largest proportion, accounted for 11.5% (127/1 102) of the total number os the patients. The correlation coefficient ranged from 0.85 to 0.97 (P<0.05). Data from the syndromic surveillance program showed an " outbreak" was occured in August 23, 2014.
CONCLUSIONSCompared to routine surveillance program, the syndromic surveillance program could detect the appearence of an outbreak, a month or even more earlier. The role of syndromic surveillance program needs to be further explored.