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. 2011 Mar 8;2(1):10-5.
doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2010.1.1.009. Print 2011 Jan.

A nationwide web-based automated system for outbreak early detection and rapid response in China

Weizhong Yang  1 , Zhongjie Li, Yajia Lan, Jinfeng Wang, Jiaqi Ma, Lianmei Jin, Qiao Sun, Wei Lv, Shengjie Lai, Yilan Liao, Wenbiao Hu
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A nationwide web-based automated system for outbreak early detection and rapid response in China

Weizhong Yang et al. Western Pac Surveill Response J. .

Abstract

Timely reporting, effective analyses and rapid distribution of surveillance data can assist in detecting the aberration of disease occurrence and further facilitate a timely response. In China, a new nationwide web-based automated system for outbreak detection and rapid response was developed in 2008. The China Infectious Disease Automated-alert and Response System (CIDARS) was developed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention based on the surveillance data from the existing electronic National Notifiable Infectious Diseases Reporting Information System (NIDRIS) started in 2004. NIDRIS greatly improved the timeliness and completeness of data reporting with real-time reporting information via the Internet. CIDARS further facilitates the data analysis, aberration detection, signal dissemination, signal response and information communication needed by public health departments across the country. In CIDARS, three aberration detection methods are used to detect the unusual occurrence of 28 notifiable infectious diseases at the county level and transmit information either in real time or on a daily basis. The Internet, computers and mobile phones are used to accomplish rapid signal generation and dissemination, timely reporting and reviewing of the signal response results. CIDARS has been used nationwide since 2008; all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in China at the county, prefecture, provincial and national levels are involved in the system. It assists with early outbreak detection at the local level and prompts reporting of unusual disease occurrences or potential outbreaks to CDCs throughout the country.

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Flow diagram of China Infectious Diseases Automated-alert and Response System (CIDARS)
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The aberration detection and signal generation technology road map of CIDARS
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