Figure 1.

A description of the primary computer-based surveillance information systems utilized by four infectious disease control programs in a large city health department in 1998 and 2008

^aMaryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Maryland Electronic Reporting – Surveillance System. Baltimore: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; 1998.

^bCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (US). Public Health Information Network. National Electronic Disease Surveillance System: NEDSS Base System (NBS) [cited 2009 Jul 3]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/phin/activities/applications-services/nedss/nbs.html

^cCDC (US), National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention. HIV/AIDS Reporting System (HARS) [cited 2009 Jul 3]. Available from: URL: https://team.cdc.gov/team/cdc/dispatch.cgi/w.hars

^dCDC (US), Division of STD Prevention. Sexually transmitted diseases: STD*MIS [cited 2008 Jul 7]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/std/std-mis

^eCDC (US), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Tuberculosis Information Management System (TIMS) [cited 2008 Jul 7]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/tims/tims.htm

^fMicrosoft Corp. Access® 1997. Redmond (WA): Microsoft Corp.; 1997.

^gConceptual Software. Professional Database Analysis System (PRODAS): Version 3.2A. Houston (TX): Conceptual Software; 1987.

^hAlaska Software, Inc. xBase++ [cited 2009 Jul 3]. Available from: URL: http://www.alaska-software.com/products/xpp/xpp.shtm

ⁱSybase. PowerBuilder [cited 2009 Jul 3]. Available from: URL: http://www.sybase.com/products/modelingdevelopment/powerbuilder

^jSTD*MIS as utilized in a case-centric manner at this city health department

^kMicrosoft Corp. Excel® 2007 [cited 2009 Jul 3]. Available from: URL: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/default.aspx

^lCDC (US), Division of Integrated Surveillance Systems and Services (DISSS). Epi Info™ [cited 2009 Jul 3]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo

ACD = acute communicable disease

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus

AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

STD = sexually transmitted disease

TB = tuberculosis

NA = not applicable

CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention