Table 1

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


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

* CPEG: Current Past Experienced Graph

EWMA: Exponentiel Weighted Moving Average

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