Chikungunya Epidemic in the French Overseas Territories using Syndromic Surveillance

In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. The French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD, based on the daily collection of attendances on emergency departments and calls to associations SOS Medecins, ensure a complementary surveillance with the spec...

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Published in:	Online journal of public health informatics Vol. 7; no. 1
Main Authors:	Fouillet, Anne, Rosine, Jacques, Bousquet, Vanina, Cassadou, Sylvie, Carvalho, Luisiane, Ledrans, Martine, Andrieu, Audrey, Cardoso, Thierry, Caserio- Schönemann, Céline
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Illinois at Chicago Library 26-02-2015
Subjects:	ISDS 2014 Conference Abstracts
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Summary:	In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. The French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD, based on the daily collection of attendances on emergency departments and calls to associations SOS Medecins, ensure a complementary surveillance with the specific system based on a sentinel general practitioners network. This study describes the temporal pattern of the chikungunya epidemic and the characteristics of patients in the French overseas territories of Americas using the syndromic surveillance system.
ISSN:	1947-2579 1947-2579
DOI:	10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5739