Development of a syndromic surveillance system to enhance early detection of emerging and re-emerging epizootics and zoonoses
Peer-reviewed publications
Vial F, Reist M (2014) Evaluation of Swiss slaughterhouse data for integration in a syndromic surveillance system. BMC Vet Res 10: 33. doi:10.1186/1746-6148-10-33.
Andersson GM, Faverjon C, Vial F, Legrand L, Leblond A (2014) Using Bayes' rule to define the value of evidence from syndromic surveillance. PLoS ONE, 9 (11): e111335. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111335.
Vial F, Reist M (2015) Comparison of whole carcass condemnation and partial carcass condemnation data for integration in a national syndromic surveillance system: The Swiss experience. Meat Sci 101: 48-55. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.11.002.
Struchen R, Reist M, Zinsstag J, Vial F (2015) Investigating the potential of reported cattle mortality data in Switzerland for syndromic surveillance. PVM
in press doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.04.012
Vial F, Thommen S, Held L (2015) A simulation study on the statistical monitoring of condemnation rates from slaughterhouses for syndromic surveillance: an evaluation based on Swiss data. Epidemiol Infect p. 1-11. doi:10.1017/S0950268815000989
Vial F, Berezowski J (2015) A practical approach to designing syndromic surveillance systems for livestock and poultry. PVM 120 (1): 27-38. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.11.015
Vial F, Schärrer S, Reist M (2015) Risk Factors for Whole Carcass Condemnations in the Swiss Slaughter Cattle Population. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0122717. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122717
Manuscripts submitted & in preparation
Struchen R, Hadorn D, Wohlfender F, Balmer S, Süptitz S, Zinsstag J, Vial F (submitted) Experiences with a voluntary surveillance system for early detection of equine diseases in Switzerland. Epidemiol Infect
U Muellner, F Vial, F Wohlfender, D Hadorn, M Reist and P Muellner (submitted) Surveillance & information for action: Real-time reporting and interactive visualization of animal health and slaughterhouse surveillance data in Switzerland. PVM
Struchen R, Zinsstag J, Vial F (in prep) Evaluating the ability of temporal aberration-detection algorithms to detect simulated disease outbreaks in routinely collected cattle mortality data.
Wei W, Vial F, Held L (in prep.) Aggregating epidemiological evidence through multivariate syndromic surveillance: methodological challenges with a particular focus on animal health data
Vial F, Andersson G, Leblond A, Gethmann J, Van der Stede Y, Hedell R, Hopp, P (in prep.) Bayesian approaches to syndromic surveillance: a review and introduction for epidemiologists
Struchen R, Vial F, Andersson A (in prep) Incorporating case reporting delay into the value of evidence from syndromic surveillance
Posters
SVEPM 2014 & ICAHS 2014:
Feasibility and motivation of veterinarians to collect equine epi-data using smartphones
DACH 2014:
Equinella – Melde- und Informationsplattform für die Früherkennung von Pferdekrankheiten in der Schweiz
SVEPM 2015:
Voluntary participation & mobile reporting for surveillance – a one-year experience
Presentations
Vial F: "Evaluation of Swiss abattoir data for integration in a syndromic surveillance system". International Society for Disease Surveillance, New Orleans, USA (Dec. 2013)
Vial F: "A practical approach for operationalising a national syndromic surveillance system for livestock and poultry", ICAHS, Havana, Cuba (May 2014)
Struchen R: "Evaluating the ability of temporal aberration-detection algorithms to detect simulated disease outbreaks in routinely collected cattle mortality data", SST, Bern (Aug. 2015)
Struchen R: "Evaluating the ability of temporal aberration-detection algorithms to detect simulated disease outbreaks in routinely collected cattle mortality data", ISVEE, Mérida, Yucatán, México (Nov. 2015)