Volume 26, Number 2—February 2020
Dispatch
Early Detection of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern through Undiagnosed Disease Reports in ProMED-Mail
Camille Rolland, Clément Lazarus
, Coralie Giese, Bastien Monate, Anne-Sophie Travert, and Jérôme Salomon
, Coralie Giese, Bastien Monate, Anne-Sophie Travert, and Jérôme Salomon
Table
Characteristics of the 24 undiagnosed disease events posted on ProMED-mail that were also published in Disease Outbreak News, 2007–2018*
| ProMED-mail diagnosis date | Country | WHO zone | Diagnosis | Publication date | Period, d† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Sep 1 | DRC | AFRO | Ebola | 2007 Aug 31 | –1 |
| 2007 Nov 9 | Angola | AFRO | Bromide poisoning | 2007 Nov 16 | 7 |
| 2008 Mar 8 | Senegal | AFRO | Lead poisoning | 2008 Jun 28 | 112 |
| 2008 Jun 23 | Senegal | AFRO | Lead poisoning | 2008 Jun 28 | 5 |
| 2008 Aug 21 | China | WPRO | Powder milk intoxication | 2008 Sep 18 | 28 |
| 2008 Oct 5 | South Africa | AFRO | Lassa fever | 2008 Oct 10 | 5 |
| 2008 Oct 9 | DRC | AFRO | Ebola | 2008 Dec 26 | 78 |
| 2008 Dec 22 | DRC | AFRO | Ebola | 2008 Dec 26 | 4 |
| 2010 Sep 27 | Pakistan | EMRO | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever | 2010 Oct 25 | 28 |
| 2011 Aug 16 | Angola | AFRO | Undiagnosed disease | 2011 Aug 15 | –1 |
| 2012 Jul 4 | Cambodia | WPRO | Hand, foot and mouth disease | 2012 Jul 4 | 0 |
| 2012 Jul 25 | Uganda | AFRO | Ebola | 2012 Jul 27 | 2 |
| 2012 Aug 2 | Uganda | AFRO | Ebola | 2012 Aug 3 | 1 |
| 2012 Dec 23 | Sudan | EMRO | Yellow fever | 2012 Nov 13 | –41 |
| 2014 Feb 24 | USA | PAHO | Human enterovirus infection | 2014 Sep 17 | 205 |
| 2015 Feb 9 | Brazil | PAHO | Zika virus infection | 2015 Oct 21 | 254 |
| 2015 Jul 20 | Egypt | EMRO | Dengue fever | 2015 Nov 12 | 115 |
| 2015 Aug 15 | Egypt | EMRO | Dengue fever | 2015 Nov 12 | 90 |
| 2015 Sep 5 | Senegal | AFRO | Chikungunya | 2015 Sep 14 | 9 |
| 2016 Jun 25 | South Sudan | EMRO | Undiagnosed disease | 2016 May 19 | –38 |
| 2016 Jan 22 | Angola | AFRO | Yellow fever | 2016 Feb 12 | 21 |
| 2017 Mar 8 | Nigeria | AFRO | Meningitis | 2017 Mar 24 | 16 |
| 2017 Apr 26 | Liberia | AFRO | Meningitis | 2017 May 5 | 9 |
| 2018 Jan 7 | Kenya | AFRO | Chikungunya | 2018 Feb 27 | 51 |
*AFRO, African Regional Office; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; EMRO, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office; PAHO, Pan American Health Organization; WHO, World Health Organization; WPRO, Western Pacific Regional Office.
†Time between notification on ProMED-mail and official publication in Disease Outbreak News (https://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/country). Negative numbers indicate publication in Disease Outbreak News first.
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