Abstract
BackgroundAn extensive West Nile virus surveillance program of dead birds, mosquitoes, horses, and human infection has been launched as a result of West Nile virus first being reported in Canada in 2001. Some desktop and web GIS have been applied to West Nile virus dead bird surveillance. There have been urgent needs for a comprehensive GIS services and real-time surveillance.ResultsA pilot system was developed to integrate real-time surveillance, real-time GIS, and Open GIS technology in order to enhance West Nile virus dead bird surveillance in Canada.Driven and linked by the newly developed real-time web GIS technology, this integrated real-time surveillance system includes conventional real-time web-based surveillance components, integrated real-time GIS components, and integrated Open GIS components. The pilot system identified the major GIS functions and capacities that may be important to public health surveillance. The six web GIS clients provide a wide range of GIS tools for public health surveillance. The pilot system has been serving Canadian national West Nile virus dead bird surveillance since 2005 and is adaptable to serve other disease surveillance.ConclusionThis pilot system has streamlined, enriched and enhanced national West Nile virus dead bird surveillance in Canada, improved productivity, and reduced operation cost. Its real-time GIS technology, static map technology, WMS integration, and its integration with non-GIS real-time surveillance system made this pilot system unique in surveillance and public health GIS.
Highlights
An extensive West Nile virus surveillance program of dead birds, mosquitoes, horses, and human infection has been launched as a result of West Nile virus first being reported in Canada in 2001
The two objectives of developing this pilot system are to build a GIS-driven web-based integrated real-time surveillance system in order to streamline and strengthen national West Nile virus dead bird surveillance, and to build web mapping service (WMS) capacity in surveillance systems for spatial data sharing through Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)
System overview Driven by an innovative real-time web GIS technology, this pilot system is planned, designed and developed as an integrated system to track, update, manage, map, query, and deliver West Nile virus dead bird surveillance data, and serve the public health professionals and the general public with real-time interactive maps and data
Summary
Address: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Canada.
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