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Duchemin T, Noufaily A, Hocine MN. A statistical algorithm for outbreak detection in multisite settings: an application to sick leave monitoring. BIOINFORMATICS ADVANCES 2023; 3:vbad079. [PMID: 37521307 PMCID: PMC10374493 DOI: 10.1093/bioadv/vbad079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Motivation Public health authorities monitor cases of health-related problems over time using surveillance algorithms that detect unusually high increases in the number of cases, namely aberrations. Statistical aberrations signal outbreaks when further investigation reveals epidemiological significance. The increasing availability and diversity of epidemiological data and the most recent epidemic threats call for more accurate surveillance algorithms that not just detect aberration times but also detect locations. Sick leave data, for instance, can be monitored across companies to identify companies-related aberrations. In this context, we develop an extension to multisite surveillance of a routinely used aberration detection algorithm, the quasi-Poisson regression Farrington Flexible algorithm. The new algorithm consists of a negative-binomial mixed effects regression model with a random effects term for sites and a new reweighting procedure reducing the effect of past aberrations. Results A wide range of simulations shows that, compared with Farrington Flexible, the new algorithm produces better false positive rates and similar probabilities of detecting genuine outbreaks, for case counts that exceed historical baselines by 3 SD. As expected, higher surges lead to lower false positive rates and higher probabilities of detecting true outbreaks. The new algorithm provides better detection of true outbreaks, reaching 100%, when cases exceed eight baseline standard deviations. We apply our algorithm to sick leave rates in the context of COVID-19 and find that it detects the pandemic effect. The new algorithm is easily implementable over a range of contrasting data scenarios, providing good overall performance and new perspectives for multisite surveillance. Availability and implementation All the analyses are performed in the R statistical software using the package glmmTMB. The code for performing the analyses and for generating the simulations can be found online at the following link: https://github.com/TomDuchemin/mixed_surveillance. Contact a.noufaily@warwick.ac.uk.
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- Tom Duchemin
- Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
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Tassi MF, le Meur N, Stéfic K, Grammatico-Guillon L. Performance of French medico-administrative databases in epidemiology of infectious diseases: a scoping review. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1161550. [PMID: 37250067 PMCID: PMC10213695 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1161550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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The development of medico-administrative databases over the last few decades has led to an evolution and to a significant production of epidemiological studies on infectious diseases based on retrospective medical data and consumption of care. This new form of epidemiological research faces numerous methodological challenges, among which the assessment of the validity of targeting algorithm. We conducted a scoping review of studies that undertook an estimation of the completeness and validity of French medico-administrative databases for infectious disease epidemiological research. Nineteen validation studies and nine capture-recapture studies were identified. These studies covered 20 infectious diseases and were mostly based on the evaluation of hospital claimed data. The evaluation of their methodological qualities highlighted the difficulties associated with these types of research, particularly those linked to the assessment of their underlying hypotheses. We recall several recommendations relating to the problems addressed, which should contribute to the quality of future evaluation studies based on medico-administrative data and consequently to the quality of the epidemiological indicators produced from these information systems.
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- Univ Rennes, EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes-UMR 6051, RSMS-U 1309, Rennes, France
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- INSERM U1259, Université de Tours, Tours, France
- Laboratoire de virologie et CNR VIH-Laboratoire associé, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- INSERM U1259, Université de Tours, Tours, France
- Service d'Information Médicale d'Epidémiologie et d'Economie de la Santé, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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Watier-Grillot S, Costa D, Petit C, Razakandrainibe R, Larréché S, Tong C, Demont G, Billetorte D, Mouly D, Fontan D, Velut G, Le Corre A, Beauvir JC, Mérens A, Favennec L, Pommier de Santi V. Cryptosporidiosis outbreaks linked to the public water supply in a military camp, France. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022; 16:e0010776. [PMID: 36095017 PMCID: PMC9499286 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Introduction Contaminated drinking and recreational waters account for most of the reported Cryptosporidium spp. exposures in high-income countries. In June 2017, two successive cryptosporidiosis outbreaks occurred among service members in a military training camp located in Southwest France. Several other gastroenteritis outbreaks were previously reported in this camp, all among trainees in the days following their arrival, without any causative pathogen identification. Epidemiological, microbiological and environmental investigations were carried out to explain theses outbreaks. Material and methods Syndromic diagnosis using multiplex PCR was used for stool testing. Water samples (100 L) were collected at 10 points of the drinking water installations and enumeration of Cryptosporidium oocysts performed. The identification of Cryptosporidium species was performed using real-time 18S SSU rRNA PCR and confirmed by GP60 sequencing. Results A total of 100 human cases were reported with a global attack rate of 27.8%. Cryptosporidium spp. was identified in 93% of stool samples with syndromic multiplex PCR. The entire drinking water network was contaminated with Cryptosporidium spp. The highest level of contamination was found in groundwater and in the water leaving the treatment plant, with >1,000 oocysts per 100 L. The same Cryptosporidium hominis isolate subtype IbA10G2 was identified in patients’ stool and water samples. Several polluting activities were identified within the protection perimeters of the water resource. An additional ultrafiltration module was installed at the outlet of the water treatment plant. After several weeks, no Cryptosporidium oocysts were found in the public water supply. Conclusions After successive and unexplained gastroenteritis outbreaks, this investigation confirmed a waterborne outbreak due to Cryptosporidium hominis subtype IbA10G2. Our study demonstrates the value of syndromic diagnosis for gastroenteritis outbreak investigation. Our results also highlight the importance of better assessing the microbiological risk associated with raw water and the need for sensitive and easy-to-implement tools for parasite detection. Cryptosporidiosis remains a neglected infectious disease, even in high-income countries. Most of the reported cases and outbreaks are related to drinking water and recreational water contaminated with Cryptosporidium spp. In Europe, the search for Cryptosporidium spp. and other parasites in stool or water samples is not routinely performed by laboratories, especially in the absence of dedicated national guidance on testing. In France, cryptosporidiosis is not a notifiable disease. In order to better assess the pathogens involved in foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks a new outbreak investigation strategy was implemented in the French Armed Forces including: systematic stool sampling, routine syndromic multiplex PCR diagnoses, and pathogens genotyping. After several unexplained gastroenteritis outbreaks in a military camp in France, we identified the same C. hominis IbA10G2 isolate in the stools of patients and in the entire water distribution network. The highest levels of contamination were found in groundwater and in the water leaving the treatment plant. Our study demonstrates the value of syndromic diagnosis for gastroenteritis outbreaks investigation and highlights the importance of better assessing the microbiological risks associated with raw water.
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- Rouen Normandy University, EA7510 ESCAPE, CNR Expert Laboratory for Cryptosporidiosis, Rouen, France
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- Rouen Normandy University, EA7510 ESCAPE, CNR Expert Laboratory for Cryptosporidiosis, Rouen, France
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- French Armed Forces Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health (CESPA), Marseille, France
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- Regional Health Service of Occitanie, Territorial Delegation, Montauban, France
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- Santé Publique France, Regional Office of Occitanie, Toulouse, France
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- French Armed Forces Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health (CESPA), Marseille, France
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- Rouen Normandy University, EA7510 ESCAPE, CNR Expert Laboratory for Cryptosporidiosis, Rouen, France
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- French Armed Forces Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health (CESPA), Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille University, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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Pouey J, Galey C, Chesneau J, Jones G, Franques N, Beaudeau P, Mouly D. Implementation of a national waterborne disease outbreak surveillance system: overview and preliminary results, France, 2010 to 2019. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 26. [PMID: 34448447 PMCID: PMC8393890 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.34.2001466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Background Waterborne disease outbreaks (WBDO) associated with tap water consumption are probably underestimated in France. Aim In order to improve their detection, Santé publique France launched a surveillance system in 2019, based on the periodical analysis of health insurance data for medicalised acute gastroenteritis (mAGE). Methods Spatio-temporal cluster detection methods were applied to mAGE cases to prioritise clusters for further investigation. These investigations determined the plausibility that infection is of waterborne origin and the strength of association. Results Between January 2010 and December 2019, 3,323 priority clusters were detected (53,878 excess mAGE cases). They involved 3,717 drinking water supply zones (WSZ), 15.4% of all French WSZ. One third of these WSZ (33.4%; n = 1,242 WSZ) were linked to repeated clusters. Moreover, our system detected 79% of WBDO voluntarily notified to health authorities. Conclusion Environmental investigations of detected clusters are necessary to determine the plausibility that infection is of waterborne origin. Consequently, they contribute to identifying which WSZ are linked to clusters and for which specific actions are needed to avoid future outbreaks. The surveillance system incorporates three priority elements: linking environmental investigations with water safety plan management, promoting the systematic use of rainfall data to assess waterborne origin, and focusing on repeat clusters. In the absence of an alternative clear hypothesis, the occurrence of a mAGE cluster in a territory completely matching a distribution zone indicates a high plausibility of water origin.
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- Direction générale de la Santé, Ministère des solidarités et de la santé, Paris, France
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- Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, France
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Hyllestad S, Amato E, Nygård K, Vold L, Aavitsland P. The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review. BMC Infect Dis 2021; 21:696. [PMID: 34284731 PMCID: PMC8290622 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06387-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Waterborne outbreaks are still a risk in high-income countries, and their early detection is crucial to limit their societal consequences. Although syndromic surveillance is widely used for the purpose of detecting outbreaks days earlier than traditional surveillance systems, evidence of the effectiveness of such systems is lacking. Thus, our objective was to conduct a systematic review of the effectiveness of syndromic surveillance to detect waterborne outbreaks. Method We searched the Cochrane Library, Medline/PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, and Web of Science for relevant published articles using a combination of the keywords ‘drinking water’, ‘surveillance’, and ‘waterborne disease’ for the period of 1990 to 2018. The references lists of the identified articles for full-text record assessment were screened, and searches in Google Scholar using the same key words were conducted. We assessed the risk of bias in the included articles using the ROBINS-I tool and PRECEPT for the cumulative body of evidence. Results From the 1959 articles identified, we reviewed 52 articles, of which 18 met the eligibility criteria. Twelve were descriptive/analytical studies, whereas six were simulation studies. There is no clear evidence for syndromic surveillance in terms of the ability to detect waterborne outbreaks (low sensitivity and high specificity). However, one simulation study implied that multiple sources of signals combined with spatial information may increase the timeliness in detecting a waterborne outbreak and reduce false alarms. Conclusion This review demonstrates that there is no conclusive evidence on the effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the detection of waterborne outbreaks, thus suggesting the need to focus on primary prevention measures to reduce the risk of waterborne outbreaks. Future studies should investigate methods for combining health and environmental data with an assessment of needed financial and human resources for implementing such surveillance systems. In addition, a more critical thematic narrative synthesis on the most promising sources of data, and an assessment of the basis for arguments that joint analysis of different data or dimensions of data (e.g. spatial and temporal) might perform better, should be carried out. Trial registration PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews. 2019. CRD42019122332. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12879-021-06387-y.
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- Susanne Hyllestad
- Department of Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. .,Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Institute of Health and Society, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Infection Control and Preparedness, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Bounoure F, Mouly D, Beaudeau P, Bentayeb M, Chesneau J, Jones G, Skiba M, Lahiani-Skiba M, Galey C. Syndromic Surveillance of Acute Gastroenteritis Using the French Health Insurance Database: Discriminatory Algorithm and Drug Prescription Practices Evaluations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17124301. [PMID: 32560168 PMCID: PMC7345322 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The French national public health agency (Santé publique France) has used data from the national health insurance reimbursement system (SNDS) to identify medicalised acute gastroenteritis (mAGE) for more than 10 years. This paper presents the method developed to evaluate this system: performance and characteristics of the discriminatory algorithm, portability in mainland and overseas French departments, and verification of the mAGE database updating process. Pharmacy surveys with certified mAGE from 2012 to 2015 were used to characterise mAGE and to estimate the sensitivity and predictive positive value (PPV) of the algorithm. Prescription characteristics from these pharmacy surveys and from 2014 SNDS prescriptions in six mainland and overseas departments were compared. The sensitivity (0.90) and PPV (0.82) did not vary according to the age of the population or year. Prescription characteristics were similar within all studied departments. This confirms that the algorithm can be used in all French departments, for both paediatric and adult populations, with stability and durability over time. The algorithm can identify mAGE cases at a municipal level. The validated system has been implemented in a national waterborne disease outbreaks surveillance system since 2019 with the aim of improving the prevention of infectious disease risk attributable to localised tap water systems.
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- Frederic Bounoure
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Technology, UFR of Health, Normandy University, Unirouen, 22 Bd Gambetta, 76183 Rouen Cedex, France; (M.S.); (M.L.-S.)
- DC2N, INSERM U1239, Unirouen, Normandy University, 76128 Mont Saint Aignan, France
- Correspondence:
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- Santé Publique France, French National Public Health Agency, F-94415 Saint-Maurice, France; (D.M.); (P.B.); (M.B.); (J.C.); (G.J.); (C.G.)
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- Santé Publique France, French National Public Health Agency, F-94415 Saint-Maurice, France; (D.M.); (P.B.); (M.B.); (J.C.); (G.J.); (C.G.)
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- Santé Publique France, French National Public Health Agency, F-94415 Saint-Maurice, France; (D.M.); (P.B.); (M.B.); (J.C.); (G.J.); (C.G.)
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- Santé Publique France, French National Public Health Agency, F-94415 Saint-Maurice, France; (D.M.); (P.B.); (M.B.); (J.C.); (G.J.); (C.G.)
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- Santé Publique France, French National Public Health Agency, F-94415 Saint-Maurice, France; (D.M.); (P.B.); (M.B.); (J.C.); (G.J.); (C.G.)
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Technology, UFR of Health, Normandy University, Unirouen, 22 Bd Gambetta, 76183 Rouen Cedex, France; (M.S.); (M.L.-S.)
- DC2N, INSERM U1239, Unirouen, Normandy University, 76128 Mont Saint Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Technology, UFR of Health, Normandy University, Unirouen, 22 Bd Gambetta, 76183 Rouen Cedex, France; (M.S.); (M.L.-S.)
- DC2N, INSERM U1239, Unirouen, Normandy University, 76128 Mont Saint Aignan, France
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- Santé Publique France, French National Public Health Agency, F-94415 Saint-Maurice, France; (D.M.); (P.B.); (M.B.); (J.C.); (G.J.); (C.G.)
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Vilcu AM, Sabatte L, Blanchon T, Souty C, Maravic M, Lemaitre M, Steichen O, Hanslik T. Association Between Acute Gastroenteritis and Continuous Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors During Winter Periods of Highest Circulation of Enteric Viruses. JAMA Netw Open 2019; 2:e1916205. [PMID: 31774521 PMCID: PMC6902831 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.16205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE An increased risk of acute bacterial enteric infections has been reported among patients receiving proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. The risk of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) of viral origin associated with continuous PPI exposure has been less studied. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between continuous PPI therapy and AGE occurrence during winter epidemic periods when the circulation of enteric viruses is the highest. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A matched cohort study was performed using a prospectively collected drug dispensing database from a large panel of community pharmacies in continental France. All patients recorded in the database during the 2015 to 2016 winter season, with documented age, sex, and use of an identifiable regular panel pharmacy, were eligible for the study. Each patient exposed to continuous PPI therapy was matched to 3 unexposed patients, according to year of birth, sex, and identifiable regular panel pharmacy. Analyses were performed between January 2017 and December 2018. EXPOSURE Continuous PPI use during the 2015 to 2016 AGE winter epidemic. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The occurrence of at least 1 AGE episode during the 2015 to 2016 AGE winter epidemic was the main outcome. Episodes of AGE were identified using a previously validated algorithm based on drug dispensing data. Relative risks of AGE were estimated using a multivariable log-binomial model adjusted for age, sex, and treatments for chronic conditions. RESULTS There were 233 596 patients receiving PPI therapy (median [interquartile range] age, 71 [62-81] years; 55.8% female) and 626 887 matched patients not receiving PPI therapy (median [interquartile range] age, 70 [61-80] years; 56.3% female) included in the analyses. At least 1 AGE epidemic episode was identified in 3131 patients (1.3%) receiving PPI therapy and in 4327 patients (0.7%) not receiving PPI therapy. The adjusted relative risk of AGE for those receiving PPI therapy was 1.81 (95% CI, 1.72-1.90) for all ages considered, 1.66 (95% CI, 1.54-1.80) among those aged 45 to 64 years, 2.19 (95% CI, 1.98-2.42) among those aged 65 to 74 years, and 1.98 (95% CI, 1.82-2.15) among those aged 75 years and older. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Continuous PPI therapy was associated with an increased risk of developing AGE during periods of highest circulation of enteric viruses. These findings support the hypothesis that PPI use is associated with an increased risk of enteric viral infections.
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- Ana-Maria Vilcu
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Real World Insight, IQVIA, La Défense Cedex, France
- Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Université Paris 13, Laboratoire d’informatique Médicale et d’Ingénierie des Connaissances en e-santé, LIMICS, Paris, France
- Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
- UVSQ, UFR de Médecine, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France
- Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Boulogne Billancourt, France
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Vilcu AM, Blanchon T, Sabatte L, Souty C, Maravic M, Hanslik T, Steichen O. Cross-validation of an algorithm detecting acute gastroenteritis episodes from prescribed drug dispensing data in France: comparison with clinical data reported in a primary care surveillance system, winter seasons 2014/15 to 2016/17. BMC Med Res Methodol 2019; 19:110. [PMID: 31151387 PMCID: PMC6545010 DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0745-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background This study compares an algorithm to detect acute gastroenteritis (AG) episodes from drug dispensing data to the validated data reported in a primary care surveillance system in France. Methods We used drug dispensing data collected in a drugstore database and data collected by primary care physicians involved in a French surveillance network, from season 2014/15 to 2016/17. We used an adapted version of an AG discrimination algorithm to identify AG episodes from the drugstore database. We used Pearson’s correlation coefficient to evaluate the agreement between weekly AG signals obtained from the two data sources during winter months, in the overall population, by specific age-groups and by regions. Results Correlations between AG signals for all ages were 0.84 [95%CI 0.69; 0.92] for season 2014/15, 0.87 [95%CI 0.75; 0.93] for season 2015/16 and 0.94 [95%CI 0.88; 0.97] for season 2016/17. The association between AG signals estimated from two data sources varied significantly across age groups in season 2016/17 (p-value < 0.01), and across regions in all three seasons studied (p-value < 0.01). Conclusions There is a strong agreement between the dynamic of AG activity estimated from drug dispensing data and from validated primary care surveillance data collected during winter months in the overall population but the agreement is poorer in several age groups and in several regions. Once automated, the reuse of drug dispensing data, already collected for reimbursement purposes, could be a cost-efficient method to monitor AG activity at the national level. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12874-019-0745-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ana-Maria Vilcu
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), F-75012, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), F-75012, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), F-75012, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), F-75012, Paris, France
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- Real World Insight, IQVIA, F-92099, La Défense Cedex, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), hôpital Lariboisière, Service de Rhumatologie, F-75010, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), F-75012, Paris, France.,Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UVSQ, UFR de Médecine, F-78000, Versailles, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), hôpital Ambroise Paré, Service de Médecine Interne, F-92100, Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, université Paris 13, Laboratoire d'informatique médicale et d'ingénierie des connaissances en e-santé, LIMICS, F-75006, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), hôpital Tenon, Service de Médecine Interne, F-75020, Paris, France
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Rudant J, Dupont A, Mikaeloff Y, Bolgert F, Coste J, Weill A. Surgery and risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome: A French nationwide epidemiologic study. Neurology 2018; 91:e1220-e1227. [PMID: 30143563 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the association between Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and recent surgery based on French nationwide data. METHODS Data were extracted from the French health administrative databases (SNIIRAM/PMSI). All patients hospitalized for GBS between 2009 and 2014 were identified by ICD-10 code G61.0 as main diagnosis. Patients previously hospitalized for GBS in 2006, 2007, and 2008 were excluded. Surgical procedures were identified from the hospital database. Hospitalizations for surgery with no infection diagnosis code entered during the hospital stay were also identified. The association between GBS and a recent surgical procedure was estimated using a case-crossover design. Case and referent windows were defined as 1-60 days and 366-425 days before GBS hospitalization, respectively. Analyses were adjusted for previous episodes of gastroenteritis and respiratory tract infection, identified by drug dispensing data. RESULTS Of the 8,364 GBS cases included, 175 and 257 patients had undergone a surgical procedure in the referent and case windows, respectively (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.53, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25-1.88). A slightly weaker association was observed for surgical procedures with no identified infection during the hospitalization (OR = 1.40, 95% CI: 1.12-1.73). Regarding the type of surgery, only surgical procedures on bones and digestive organs were significantly associated with GBS (OR and 95% CI = 2.78 [1.68-4.60] and 2.36 [1.32-4.21], respectively). CONCLUSION In this large nationwide epidemiologic study, GBS was moderately associated with any type of recent surgery and was more strongly associated with bone and digestive organ surgery.
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- Jérémie Rudant
- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France.
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- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France
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- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France
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- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France
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- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France
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- From Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie (J.R., A.D., J.C., A.W.), Direction de la Stratégie des Études et des Statistiques, Département Études en Santé Publique, Paris; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (Y.M.), Hôpital Bicêtre, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique Infantile, Bicêtre; Université Paris-Saclay (Y.M.), Université Paris-Sud, CESP, Inserm, Villejuif; and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (F.B.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Réanimation Neurologique, Neurologie 1, Paris, France
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Mouly D, Goria S, Mounié M, Beaudeau P, Galey C, Gallay A, Ducrot C, Le Strat Y. Waterborne Disease Outbreak Detection: A Simulation-Based Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15071505. [PMID: 30018195 PMCID: PMC6068474 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Waterborne disease outbreaks (WBDOs) remain a public health issue in developed countries, but to date the surveillance of WBDOs in France, mainly based on the voluntary reporting of clusters of acute gastrointestinal infections (AGIs) by general practitioners to health authorities, is characterized by low sensitivity. In this context, a detection algorithm using health insurance data and based on a space–time method was developed to improve WBDO detection. The objective of the present simulation-based study was to evaluate the performance of this algorithm for WBDO detection using health insurance data. The daily baseline counts of acute gastrointestinal infections were simulated. Two thousand simulated WBDO signals were then superimposed on the baseline data. Sensitivity (Se) and positive predictive value (PPV) were both used to evaluate the detection algorithm. Multivariate regression was also performed to identify the factors associated with WBDO detection. Almost three-quarters of the simulated WBDOs were detected (Se = 73.0%). More than 9 out of 10 detected signals corresponded to a WBDO (PPV = 90.5%). The probability of detecting a WBDO increased with the outbreak size. These results underline the value of using the detection algorithm for the implementation of a national surveillance system for WBDOs in France.
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- Damien Mouly
- Santé Publique France, the French National Public Health Agency, 94 410 Saint-Maurice, France.
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- Santé Publique France, the French National Public Health Agency, 94 410 Saint-Maurice, France.
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- Unité D'évaluation Médico-Economique, Université Paul Sabatier, CHU 31059 Toulouse, France.
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- Santé Publique France, the French National Public Health Agency, 94 410 Saint-Maurice, France.
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- Santé Publique France, the French National Public Health Agency, 94 410 Saint-Maurice, France.
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- Santé Publique France, the French National Public Health Agency, 94 410 Saint-Maurice, France.
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR346-Unité d'Épidémiologie Animale, 63 122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France.
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- Santé Publique France, the French National Public Health Agency, 94 410 Saint-Maurice, France.
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Rivière M, Baroux N, Bousquet V, Ambert-Balay K, Beaudeau P, Jourdan-Da Silva N, Van Cauteren D, Bounoure F, Cahuzac F, Blanchon T, Prazuck T, Turbelin C, Hanslik T. Secular trends in incidence of acute gastroenteritis in general practice, France, 1991 to 2015. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 22. [PMID: 29258648 PMCID: PMC5743098 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.50.17-00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We analysed 25 years of general practitioner (GP) visits for acute gastroenteritis (AG) surveillance in France, by the GP Sentinelles network. We searched for time trends of acute gastroenteritis incidence during winter periods. Data from emergency departments and drug reimbursement were additional data sources. A time-series analysis was performed using a generalised additive model for all data sources for the winter period. Virological data were incorporated and compared with the three data sources. The cumulative incidence of GP visits for winter AG exhibited an increasing trend from 1991 until 2008, when it reached 6,466 per 100,000 inhabitants. It decreased thereafter to 3,918 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2015. This decreasing trend was observed for all age groups and confirmed by the generalised additive model. For emergency department visits a decreasing trend was observed from 2004. Drug reimbursement data analyses demonstrated a decreasing trend from when data began in 2009. The incidence reported by GPs and emergency departments was lower following the emergence of norovirus GII.4 2012 (p < 0.0001). Winter AG incidences seem to follow long-term rising and decreasing trends that are important to monitor through continuous surveillance to evaluate the impact of prevention strategies, such as future immunisation against acute viral gastroenteritis.
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- Mathieu Rivière
- Infectious disease department, CHR Orléans La Source, Orléans, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Santé publique France, the French national public health agency, Saint-Maurice, France
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- National Reference Center for Gastroenteritis Viruses, Laboratory of Virology, CHU of Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Santé publique France, the French national public health agency, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Santé publique France, the French national public health agency, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Pharmaceutics Laboratory (DC2N INSERM U982), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Rouen, Rouen, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Infectious disease department, CHR Orléans La Source, Orléans, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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- Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Paris, France
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Setty KE, Enault J, Loret JF, Puigdomenech Serra C, Martin-Alonso J, Bartram J. Time series study of weather, water quality, and acute gastroenteritis at Water Safety Plan implementation sites in France and Spain. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2018; 221:714-726. [PMID: 29678324 PMCID: PMC5999030 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Water Safety Plans (WSPs), recommended by the World Health Organization since 2004, can help drinking water suppliers to proactively identify potential risks and implement preventive barriers that improve safety. Few studies have investigated long-term impacts of WSPs, such as changes in drinking water quality or public health; however, some evidence from high-income countries associates WSP implementation with a reduction in diarrheal disease. To validate the previously observed linkages between WSPs and health outcomes, this time series study examined site-specific relationships between water-related exposures and acute gastroenteritis rates at three locations in France and Spain, including the role of WSP status. Relationships between control or exposure variables and health outcomes were tested using Poisson regression within generalized additive models. Controls included suspected temporal trends in disease reporting. Exposures included temperature, precipitation, raw water quality, and finished water quality (e.g., turbidity, free chlorine). In France, daily acute gastroenteritis cases were tracked using prescription reimbursements; Spanish data aggregated monthly acute gastroenteritis hospital visits. The models identified several significant relationships between indicators of exposure and acute gastroenteritis. Lag times of 6-9 days (including transit time) were most relevant for hydrological indicators (related to precipitation, runoff, and flow) at the two French sites, indicative of viral pathogens. Flush events (defined as surface runoff after a two-week antecedent dry period) linked to nonpoint source pollution were associated with a 10% increase in acute gastroenteritis rates at one location supplied by surface water. Acute gastroenteritis rates were positively associated with elevated turbidity average or maximum values in finished water at locations supplied by both surface and groundwater, by about 4% per 1-NTU increase in the two-week moving average of daily maxima or about 10% per 0.1 NTU increase in the prior month's average value. In some cases, risk appeared to be mitigated by WSP-related treatment interventions. Our results suggest drinking water exposure is associated with some potentially preventable gastrointestinal illness risk in high-income regions.
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- Karen E Setty
- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 170 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Suez, Centre International de Recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (CIRSEE), 38 rue du President Wilson, 78230, Le Pecq, France
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- Suez, Centre International de Recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (CIRSEE), 38 rue du President Wilson, 78230, Le Pecq, France
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- Centre Tecnològic de l'Aigua (CETAQUA), Water Technology Center, Carretera d'Esplugues, 75, 08940, Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Aigües de Barcelona, Empresa Metropolitana de Gestió del Cicle Integral de l'Aigua, SA. (AB EMGCIA), Carrer General Batet 1-7, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 170 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Beaudeau P. A Systematic Review of the Time Series Studies Addressing the Endemic Risk of Acute Gastroenteritis According to Drinking Water Operation Conditions in Urban Areas of Developed Countries. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15050867. [PMID: 29701701 PMCID: PMC5981906 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15050867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Time series studies (TSS) can be viewed as an inexpensive way to tackle the non-epidemic health risk from fecal pathogens in tap water in urban areas. Following the PRISMA recommendations, I reviewed TSS addressing the endemic risk of acute gastroenteritis risk according to drinking water operation conditions in urban areas of developed countries. Eighteen studies were included, covering 17 urban sites (seven in North-America and 10 in Europe) with study populations ranging from 50,000 to 9 million people. Most studies used general practitioner consultations or visits to hospitals for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) as health outcomes. In 11 of the 17 sites, a significant and plausible association was found between turbidity (or particle count) in finished water and the AGE indicator. When provided and significant, the interquartile excess of relative risk estimates ranged from 3–13%. When examined, water temperature, river flow, and produced flow were strongly associated with the AGE indicator. The potential of TSS for the study of the health risk from fecal pathogens in tap water is limited by the lack of specificity of turbidity and its site-sensitive value as an exposure proxy. Nevertheless, at the DWS level, TSS could help water operators to identify operational conditions most at risk, almost if considering other water operation indicators, in addition to turbidity, as possible relevant proxies for exposure.
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- Pascal Beaudeau
- Santé Publique France, 14 rue du Val-d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice CEDEX, France.
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Coly S, Vincent N, Vaissiere E, Charras-Garrido M, Gallay A, Ducrot C, Mouly D. Waterborne disease outbreak detection: an integrated approach using health administrative databases. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2017; 15:475-489. [PMID: 28771145 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2017.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Hundreds of waterborne disease outbreaks (WBDO) of acute gastroenteritis (AGI) due to contaminated tap water are reported in developed countries each year. Such outbreaks are probably under-detected. The aim of our study was to develop an integrated approach to detect and study clusters of AGI in geographical areas with homogeneous exposure to drinking water. Data for the number of AGI cases are available at the municipality level while exposure to tap water depends on drinking water networks (DWN). These two geographical units do not systematically overlap. This study proposed to develop an algorithm which would match the most relevant grouping of municipalities with a specific DWN, in order that tap water exposure can be taken into account when investigating future disease outbreaks. A space-time detection method was applied to the grouping of municipalities. Seven hundred and fourteen new geographical areas (groupings of municipalities) were obtained compared with the 1,310 municipalities and the 1,706 DWN. Eleven potential WBDO were identified in these groupings of municipalities. For ten of them, additional environmental investigations identified at least one event that could have caused microbiological contamination of DWN in the days previous to the occurrence of a reported WBDO.
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- S Coly
- INRA, UR346 - Unité d'Épidémiologie Animale, Centre de recherche de Clermont-Ferrand, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France
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- French National Public Health Agency, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94 415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France E-mail:
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- French National Public Health Agency, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94 415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France E-mail:
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- INRA, UR346 - Unité d'Épidémiologie Animale, Centre de recherche de Clermont-Ferrand, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France
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- French National Public Health Agency, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94 415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France E-mail:
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- INRA, UR346 - Unité d'Épidémiologie Animale, Centre de recherche de Clermont-Ferrand, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France
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- French National Public Health Agency, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94 415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France E-mail:
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Fonteneau L, Le Meur N, Cohen-Akenine A, Pessel C, Brouard C, Delon F, Desjeux G, Durand J, Kirchgesner J, Lapidus N, Lemaitre M, Tala S, Thiébaut A, Watier L, Rudant J, Guillon-Grammatico L. [The use of administrative health databases in infectious disease epidemiology and public health]. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2017. [PMID: 28624133 DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2017.03.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The public health burden resulting from infectious diseases requires efforts in surveillance and evaluation of health care. The use of administrative health databases (AHD) and in particular the French national health insurance database (SNIIRAM) is an opportunity to improve knowledge in this field. The SNIIRAM data network (REDSIAM) workshop dedicated to infectious diseases conducted a narrative literature review of studies using French AHD. From the results, benefits and limits of these new tools in the field of infectious diseases are presented. METHODS Publications identified by the members of the workgroup were collected using an analytical framework that documented the pathology of interest, the aim of the study, the goal of the developed algorithm, the kind of data, the study period, and the presence of an evaluation or a discussion of the performance of the performed algorithm. RESULTS Fifty-five articles were identified. A majority focused on the field of vaccination coverage and joint infections. Excluding vaccine coverage field, the aim of 28 studies was epidemiological surveillance. Twenty-six studies used hospital databases exclusively, 18 used ambulatory databases exclusively and 4 used both. Validation or discussion of the performed algorithm was present in 18 studies. CONCLUSIONS The literature review confirmed the interest of the French AHD in the infectious diseases field. The AHD are additional tools of the existing surveillance systems and their use will probably be more frequent in the coming years given their advantage and reliability. However, incoming users need to be assisted. Thus, the workgroup will contribute to a reasonable use of AHD and support future developments.
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- L Fonteneau
- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Santé publique France, direction des maladies infectieuses, 12, rue du Val-d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex, France.
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Haute Autorité de santé, Saint-Denis la Plaine, France
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- Haute Autorité de santé, Saint-Denis la Plaine, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Santé publique France, direction des maladies infectieuses, 12, rue du Val-d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des armées, Marseille, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Caisse nationale militaire de sécurité sociale, Toulon, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Santé publique France, direction des maladies infectieuses, 12, rue du Val-d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice cedex, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Inserm, unité mixte de recherche en santé 1136, institut Pierre-Louis d'épidémiologie et de santé publique, Paris, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Département de santé publique, Inserm, institut Pierre-Louis d'épidémiologie et de santé publique (IPLESP UMRS 1136), Sorbonne universités, UPMC université Paris 06, hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, 75000 Paris, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Haute Autorité de santé, Saint-Denis la Plaine, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Département études sur l'offre de soins, direction de la stratégie, des études et des statistiques, Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés, 26-50, avenue du Professeur-André-Lemierre, 75986 Paris cedex 20, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Biostatistics, biomathematics, pharmacoepidemiology and infectious diseases (B2PHI), Inserm, UVSQ, Institut Pasteur, université Paris-Saclay, 75000 Paris, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Biostatistics, biomathematics, pharmacoepidemiology and infectious diseases (B2PHI), Inserm, UVSQ, Institut Pasteur, université Paris-Saclay, 75000 Paris, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Département études de santé publique, direction de la stratégie, des études et des statistiques, Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés, 26-50, avenue du Professeur-André-Lemierre, 75986 Paris cedex 20, France
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- REDSIAM, groupe de travail infectieux, France; Service d'information médicale d'épidémiologie et d'économie de la santé, unité régionale d'épidémiologie hospitalière (UREH), université F.-abelais, CHRU de Tours, 37000 Tours, France
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Setty KE, Kayser GL, Bowling M, Enault J, Loret JF, Serra CP, Alonso JM, Mateu AP, Bartram J. Water quality, compliance, and health outcomes among utilities implementing Water Safety Plans in France and Spain. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2017; 220:513-530. [PMID: 28286083 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Water Safety Plans (WSPs), recommended by the World Health Organization since 2004, seek to proactively identify potential risks to drinking water supplies and implement preventive barriers that improve safety. To evaluate the outcomes of WSP application in large drinking water systems in France and Spain, we undertook analysis of water quality and compliance indicators between 2003 and 2015, in conjunction with an observational retrospective cohort study of acute gastroenteritis incidence, before and after WSPs were implemented at five locations. Measured water quality indicators included bacteria (E. coli, fecal streptococci, total coliform, heterotrophic plate count), disinfectants (residual free and total chlorine), disinfection by-products (trihalomethanes, bromate), aluminum, pH, turbidity, and total organic carbon, comprising about 240K manual samples and 1.2M automated sensor readings. We used multiple, Poisson, or Tobit regression models to evaluate water quality before and after the WSP intervention. The compliance assessment analyzed exceedances of regulated, recommended, or operational water quality thresholds using chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests. Poisson regression was used to examine acute gastroenteritis incidence rates in WSP-affected drinking water service areas relative to a comparison area. Implementation of a WSP generally resulted in unchanged or improved water quality, while compliance improved at most locations. Evidence for reduced acute gastroenteritis incidence following WSP implementation was found at only one of the three locations examined. Outcomes of WSPs should be expected to vary across large water utilities in developed nations, as the intervention itself is adapted to the needs of each location. The approach may translate to diverse water quality, compliance, and health outcomes.
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- Karen E Setty
- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 170 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 170 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; The University of California, San Diego, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, 9500 Gilman Dr, 0628, La Jolla, CA 92093-0628, USA
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- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Health Behavior, 302 Rosenau Hall, CB #7440, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Suez, Centre International de Recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (CIRSEE), 38 rue du President Wilson, 78230 Le Pecq, France
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- Suez, Centre International de Recherche sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (CIRSEE), 38 rue du President Wilson, 78230 Le Pecq, France
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- Suez, Centre Tecnològic de l'Aigua (CETAQUA), Carretera d'Esplugues, 75, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Suez, Centre Tecnològic de l'Aigua (CETAQUA), Carretera d'Esplugues, 75, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 170 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Rambaud L, Galey C, Beaudeau P. Automated detection of case clusters of waterborne acute gastroenteritis from health insurance data - pilot study in three French districts. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2016; 14:306-316. [PMID: 27105415 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2015.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This pilot study was conducted to assess the utility of using a health insurance database for the automated detection of waterborne outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis (AGE). The weekly number of AGE cases for which the patient consulted a doctor (cAGE) was derived from this database for 1,543 towns in three French districts during the 2009-2012 period. The method we used is based on a spatial comparison of incidence rates and of their time trends between the target town and the district. Each municipality was tested, week by week, for the entire study period. Overall, 193 clusters were identified, 10% of the municipalities were involved in at least one cluster and less than 2% in several. We can infer that nationwide more than 1,000 clusters involving 30,000 cases of cAGE each year may be linked to tap water. The clusters discovered with this automated detection system will be reported to local operators for investigation of the situations at highest risk. This method will be compared with others before automated detection is implemented on a national level.
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- Loïc Rambaud
- French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint Maurice, France E-mail:
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- French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint Maurice, France E-mail:
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- French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint Maurice, France E-mail:
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Ashton RA, Kefyalew T, Batisso E, Awano T, Kebede Z, Tesfaye G, Mesele T, Chibsa S, Reithinger R, Brooker SJ. The usefulness of school-based syndromic surveillance for detecting malaria epidemics: experiences from a pilot project in Ethiopia. BMC Public Health 2016; 16:20. [PMID: 26749325 PMCID: PMC4707000 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2680-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Syndromic surveillance is a supplementary approach to routine surveillance, using pre-diagnostic and non-clinical surrogate data to identify possible infectious disease outbreaks. To date, syndromic surveillance has primarily been used in high-income countries for diseases such as influenza -- however, the approach may also be relevant to resource-poor settings. This study investigated the potential for monitoring school absenteeism and febrile illness, as part of a school-based surveillance system to identify localised malaria epidemics in Ethiopia. Methods Repeated cross-sectional school- and community-based surveys were conducted in six epidemic-prone districts in southern Ethiopia during the 2012 minor malaria transmission season to characterise prospective surrogate and syndromic indicators of malaria burden. Changes in these indicators over the transmission season were compared to standard indicators of malaria (clinical and confirmed cases) at proximal health facilities. Subsequently, two pilot surveillance systems were implemented, each at ten sites throughout the peak transmission season. Indicators piloted were school attendance recorded by teachers, or child-reported recent absenteeism from school and reported febrile illness. Results Lack of seasonal increase in malaria burden limited the ability to evaluate sensitivity of the piloted syndromic surveillance systems compared to existing surveillance at health facilities. Weekly absenteeism was easily calculated by school staff using existing attendance registers, while syndromic indicators were more challenging to collect weekly from schoolchildren. In this setting, enrolment of school-aged children was found to be low, at 54 %. Non-enrolment was associated with low household wealth, lack of parental education, household size, and distance from school. Conclusions School absenteeism is a plausible simple indicator of unusual health events within a community, such as malaria epidemics, but the sensitivity of an absenteeism-based surveillance system to detect epidemics could not be rigorously evaluated in this study. Further piloting during a demonstrated increase in malaria transmission within a community is recommended.
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- Ruth A Ashton
- Malaria Consortium, London, UK. .,Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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- Malaria Consortium Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Regional State sub-office, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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- Malaria Consortium Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Regional State sub-office, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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- Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Regional State Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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- President's Malaria Initiative, U.S. Agency for International Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. .,RTI International, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Pirard P, Goria S, Nguengang Wakap S, Galey C, Motreff Y, Guillet A, Le Tertre A, Corso M, Beaudeau P. No increase in drug dispensing for acute gastroenteritis after Storm Klaus, France 2009. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2015; 13:737-745. [PMID: 26322759 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2015.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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During the night of 23-24 January 2009, Storm Klaus hit south-western France and caused power outages affecting 1,700,000 homes and stopping numerous pumping and drinking water disinfection systems. In France, medicalized acute gastroenteritis (MAGE) outbreaks are monitored by analysing the daily amount of reimbursements of medical prescriptions, registered in the French National Health Insurance database, at the 'commune' administrative level. As AGE is suspected to be associated with perturbations to water supply systems as well as power outages, Storm Klaus provided an opportunity to test its influence on the incidence of MAGE in the communes of three affected French departments (administrative areas larger than communes). The geographical exposure indicator was built by using the mapping of the water distribution zones, the reported distribution/production stoppages and their duration. Irrespective of exposure class, a relative risk of MAGE of 0.86 (95% confidence 0.84-0.88) was estimated compared with the 'unexposed' reference level. Although these results must be considered with caution because of a potential marked decrease in global medical consultation probably due to impassable roads, they do not suggest a major public health impact of Klaus in terms of increased MAGE incidence.
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- P Pirard
- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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- Département santé environnement, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France E-mail
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Description of two waterborne disease outbreaks in France: a comparative study with data from cohort studies and from health administrative databases. Epidemiol Infect 2015; 144:591-601. [DOI: 10.1017/s0950268815001673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SUMMARYWaterborne disease outbreaks (WBDO) of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) are a public health concern in France. Their occurrence is probably underestimated due to the lack of a specific surveillance system. The French health insurance database provides an interesting opportunity to improve the detection of these events. A specific algorithm to identify AGI cases from drug payment reimbursement data in the health insurance database has been previously developed. The purpose of our comparative study was to retrospectively assess the ability of the health insurance data to describe WBDO. Data from the health insurance database was compared with the data from cohort studies conducted in two WBDO in 2010 and 2012. The temporal distribution of cases, the day of the peak and the duration of the epidemic, as measured using the health insurance data, were similar to the data from one of the two cohort studies. However, health insurance data accounted for 54 cases compared to the estimated 252 cases accounted for in the cohort study. The accuracy of using health insurance data to describe WBDO depends on the medical consultation rate in the impacted population. As this is never the case, data analysis underestimates the total number of AGI cases. However this data source can be considered for the development of a detection system of a WBDO in France, given its ability to describe an epidemic signal.
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Ziemann A, Rosenkötter N, Riesgo LGC, Fischer M, Krämer A, Lippert FK, Vergeiner G, Brand H, Krafft T. Meeting the International Health Regulations (2005) surveillance core capacity requirements at the subnational level in Europe: the added value of syndromic surveillance. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:107. [PMID: 25879869 PMCID: PMC4324797 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1421-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The revised World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (2005) request a timely and all-hazard approach towards surveillance, especially at the subnational level. We discuss three questions of syndromic surveillance application in the European context for assessing public health emergencies of international concern: (i) can syndromic surveillance support countries, especially the subnational level, to meet the International Health Regulations (2005) core surveillance capacity requirements, (ii) are European syndromic surveillance systems comparable to enable cross-border surveillance, and (iii) at which administrative level should syndromic surveillance best be applied? Discussion Despite the ongoing criticism on the usefulness of syndromic surveillance which is related to its clinically nonspecific output, we demonstrate that it was a suitable supplement for timely assessment of the impact of three different public health emergencies affecting Europe. Subnational syndromic surveillance analysis in some cases proved to be of advantage for detecting an event earlier compared to national level analysis. However, in many cases, syndromic surveillance did not detect local events with only a small number of cases. The European Commission envisions comparability of surveillance output to enable cross-border surveillance. Evaluated against European infectious disease case definitions, syndromic surveillance can contribute to identify cases that might fulfil the clinical case definition but the approach is too unspecific to comply to complete clinical definitions. Syndromic surveillance results still seem feasible for comparable cross-border surveillance as similarly defined syndromes are analysed. We suggest a new model of implementing syndromic surveillance at the subnational level. In this model, syndromic surveillance systems are fine-tuned to their local context and integrated into the existing subnational surveillance and reporting structure. By enhancing population coverage, events covering several jurisdictions can be identified at higher levels. However, the setup of decentralised and locally adjusted syndromic surveillance systems is more complex compared to the setup of one national or local system. Summary We conclude that syndromic surveillance if implemented with large population coverage at the subnational level can help detect and assess the local and regional effect of different types of public health emergencies in a timely manner as required by the International Health Regulations (2005).
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- Alexandra Ziemann
- Department of International Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of International Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Avenida de los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain.
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Klinik am Eichert, Postfach 660, 73006, Göppingen, Germany.
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- Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100131, 33501, Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Emergency Medical Services, Head Office, Capital Region of Denmark, Telegrafvej 5, 2750, Ballerup, Denmark. .,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Dispatch Centre Tyrol (Leitstelle Tirol Gesellschaft mbH), Hunoldstrasse 17a, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Department of International Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of International Health, School of Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200, MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. .,Institute of Environment Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Katraj, Dhankawadi, Satara Road, Pune, 411043, India. .,Institute for Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, A11 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China.
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Beaudeau P, Zeghnoun A, Corso M, Lefranc A, Rambaud L. A time series study of gastroenteritis and tap water quality in the Nantes area, France, 2002-2007. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2014; 24:192-199. [PMID: 23443240 DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In the Nantes area, 410,000 inhabitants are supplied with water pumped from the Loire River. The treatment of this water is carried out through a process of complete clarification and disinfection. During the study period (2002-07), the quality of drinking water complied with European microbial standards and mean turbidity in finished water was 0.05 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units). We aimed to characterize the link between produced water turbidity and other operational data and the incidence of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in the Nantes area. The daily number of medical prescriptions for AGE was drawn from the French national health insurance system's drug reimbursement data. We modeled this time series using Poisson regression within the framework of a Generalized Additive Model. We showed that an interquartile range turbidity degradation (0.042-0.056 NTU) was connected to a 4.2% (CI95=(1.5%; 6.9%)) increase in the risk of AGE in children and a 2.9% (CI95=(0.5%; 5.4%)) increase in adults. The slope of the turbidity risk function was higher during both high- and low-water conditions of the river. High values of daily flow of produced water were also associated with higher endemic levels of AGE.
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- Pascal Beaudeau
- Institut de Veille Sanitaire, rue de Val-d'Osne, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Institut de Veille Sanitaire, rue de Val-d'Osne, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Institut de Veille Sanitaire, rue de Val-d'Osne, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Institut de Veille Sanitaire, rue de Val-d'Osne, Saint-Maurice, France
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Buckeridge DL, Charland K, Labban A, Ma Y. A method for neighborhood-level surveillance of food purchasing. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2014; 1331:270-277. [PMID: 24528113 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Added sugar, particularly in carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), represents a considerable proportion of caloric intake in North America. Interventions to decrease the intake of added sugar have been proposed, but monitoring their effectiveness can be difficult due to the costs and limitations of dietary surveys. We developed, assessed the accuracy of, and took an initial step toward validating an indicator of neighborhood-level purchases of CSDs using automatically captured store scanner data in Montreal, Canada, between 2008 and 2010 and census data describing neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics. Our indicator predicted total monthly neighborhood sales based on historical sales and promotions and characteristics of the stores and neighborhoods. The prediction error for monthly sales in sampled stores was low (2.2%), and we demonstrated a negative association between predicted total sales and median personal income. For each $10,000 decrease in median personal income, we observed a fivefold increase in predicted monthly sales of CSDs. This indicator can be used by public health agencies to implement automated systems for neighborhood-level monitoring of an important upstream determinant of health. Future refinement of this indicator is possible to account for factors such as store catchment areas and to incorporate nutritional information about products.
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- David L Buckeridge
- Surveillance Lab, McGill Clinical and Health Informatics.,Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
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- Surveillance Lab, McGill Clinical and Health Informatics.,Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
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- Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Marketing, Business Economics, and Law, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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