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Table 1 General presentation of 2SE FAG (syndromic surveillance), SEA (clinical surveillance) and CVS (biological surveillance) systems.

From: Value of syndromic surveillance within the Armed Forces for early warning during a dengue fever outbreak in French Guiana in 2006

 

2SE FAG

SEA

CVS

Date of first use

18/10/2004

01/01/1994

01/01/1995

Population coverage and main characteristics of the population

3 000 military people 11,8% women 88,2% men average age = 34 years old

3 000 military people (id 2SE FAG) 11,8% women 88,2% men average age = 34 years old

200 000 people (general population) 50,5% women 49,5% men <15 years old: 35,4% >65 years old: 3,8%

Heath provision

15 general practitioners (GPs)

15 GPs (id 2SE FAG)

3 public hospitals 24 health centres 70 GPs 7 biological laboratories (4 private and 3 public)

Type of disease definition criteria

Syndromic

1. Clinical and biological (inter-epidemic period)

Biological

  

2. Clinical (epidemic period) 3.

 

Timing of reports

Real time

Weekly

Weekly

Statistical analysis *

CPEG, EWMA

CPEG

Empirical method

Periodicity of feed-back

Real time

Weekly

Monthly

  1. * CPEG: Current Past Experienced Graph
  2. EWMA: Exponentiel Weighted Moving Average