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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Synopsis

Evaluation of National Event-Based Surveillance, Nigeria, 2016–2018

Kazim BeebeejaunComments to Author , James Elston, Isabel Oliver, Adachioma Ihueze, Chika Ukenedo, Olusola Aruna, Favour Makava, Ejezie Obiefuna, Womi Eteng, Mercy Niyang, Ebere Okereke, Bola Gobir, Elsie Ilori, Olubunmi Ojo, and Chikwe Ihekweazu
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (K. Beebeejaun, J. Elson, I. Oliver, O. Aruna, E. Okereke); University of Maryland Baltimore, Abuja, Nigeria (A. Ihueze, C. Ukenedo, F. Makava, M. Niyang, B. Gobir); Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja (E. Obiefuna, W. Eteng, E. Ilori, O. Ojo, C. Ihekweazu)

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Table 3

Number of signals detected Tatafo for top infectious disease topics, November 1, 2016–June 30, 2018*

Date raw signal detected Top infectious disease topics
 Total
Lassa fever HIV/ AIDS Meningitis, CSM Ebola Cholera Polio Malaria Monkey pox Yellow fever TB Other
2016
Nov 6 269 4 118 33 206 166 0 3 20 496 1,321
Dec
 83
 727
 1
 51
 17
 63
 42
 0
 2
 3
 170
 1,159
2017
Jan 206 54 3 56 1 368 39 0 6 10 437 1,180
Feb 479 440 6 42 7 79 91 0 7 7 184 1,342
Mar 749 279 832 148 102 319 83 0 12 167 200 2,891
Apr 255 385 5,116 113 44 101 372 0 9 40 288 6,723
May 374 270 1,035 1,768 76 93 210 0 11 6 178 4,021
Jun 266 469 384 106 154 167 112 0 9 37 256 1,960
Jul 215 470 89 81 215 116 199 0 14 59 389 1,847
Aug 1,308 269 48 208 116 138 241 0 10 26 262 2,626
Sep 254 266 33 152 2,100 95 166 4 209 37 470 3,786
Oct 130 300 38 268 231 399 157 3,034 357 59 1,408 6,381
Nov 36 524 18 116 102 126 331 316 42 85 716 2,412
Dec
 23
 1,267
 43
 114
 210
 100
 186
 123
 400
 47
 485
 2,998
2018
Jan 1,494 335 49 150 92 371 115 25 615 15 379 3,640
Feb 2,008 363 67 190 41 105 186 19 152 38 436 3,605
Mar 2,812 442 91 350 139 231 212 11 104 204 742 5,338
Apr 1,216 476 48 158 244 302 1,072 33 215 45 554 4,363
May 407 585 30 2,777 676 172 456 20 40 39 705 5,907
Jun 108 489 55 264 531 195 176 35 66 63 793 2,775

*Tatafo is an internet data mining software platform developed by the University of Maryland Baltimore for Nigeria Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s event-based surveillance system. CSM, cerebrospinal meningitis; TB, tuberculosis.

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