Table 7. Data Stream Categories and Representative Biosurveillance Systems.
| Data Stream Category | Representative Biosurveillance System |
| Ambulance/EMT Records | Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) System |
| Clinic/Healthcare Provider Records | Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) |
| ED/Hospital Records | Biosense 2.0 |
| Employment/School Records | RODS, ESSENCE |
| Established Databases | Global Pest and Disease Database, World Animal Health Information Database, National Microbial Pathogen Database Resource |
| Financial Records | RODS |
| Help Lines | FirstWatch |
| Internet Search Queries | Google Flu Trends |
| Laboratory Records | ESSENCE |
| News Aggregators | HealthMap |
| Official Reports | CDC Reports, Ministry of Health Reports |
| Police/Fire Department Records | N/A |
| Personal Communication | Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMed) |
| Prediction Markets | Iowa Health Prediction Market |
| Sales | National Retail Data Monitor (NRDM) |
| Social Media |