Identification
Name | Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics |
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Short name | ESSENCE |
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Status | Active |
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Category | Tool / Software |
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Update frequency | Daily |
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Created | 2014-07-09 15:59:43+00:00 |
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Modified | 2016-07-07 18:21:41.485285+00:00 |
Basic Information
Overview | ESSENCE, a SAGE tool, is the U. S. Department of Defense's Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics. It is used by military as well civilian city and state level public health authorities throughout the United States. ESSENCE's goal is to monitor health data as it becomes available to discover and monitor epidemics and similar health concerns before they move out of control. There are multiple versions of ESSENCE. |
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Year start | 1999 |
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URL | http://jhuapl.edu/sages/tools.html | ||||||
URL (alternate) | http://jhuapl.edu/sages/library.html | ||||||
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Geography | No |
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