Summary
To
respond to emerging public health threats such as West Nile virus,
an advanced geographic information systems (GIS)-driven Web-based
real-time surveillance system was developed to serve the National
West Nile virus dead bird surveillance programme in Canada. The
development of this system uses real-time Web GIS technologies and
services to enhance conventional real-time surveillance systems
based on real-time GIS requirements. The system has three modules:
QuickTrack, QuickMap and QuickManage. QuickTrack is the real-time
surveillance module that supports data collection, edit and transfer.
QuickMap is the real-time Web GIS module that provides comprehensive
real-time GIS supports and services in public health surveillance
and information sharing. The QuickManage module is a Web-based system
management package used to manage the entire system. This system
offers an effective approach to enhance real-time public health
surveillance systems by integrating real-time Web GIS technologies
and services. The system demonstrates that real-time Web GIS technologies
can play an important role in enhancing public health surveillance
systems.
Keywords
Canada,
Geographic information systems, Real-time, Surveillance, Web, West
Nile virus.
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