Open Syndrome Arbovirosis in General
Table of Contents
Authors: Dirección General de Vigilancia de la Salud, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Location: Paraguay
Purpose #
The definition #
Undifferentiated fever due to mosquito bite. Acute febrile syndrome with no apparent cause
Machine-readable definition #
The definition is available in JSON format following the Open Syndrome v1.0 specification:
{
"authors": [
"Dirección General de Vigilancia de la Salud",
"Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social"
],
"category": "suspected",
"definition_type": "case_definition",
"description": "",
"human_readable_definition": "Undifferentiated fever due to mosquito bite. Acute febrile syndrome with no apparent cause",
"inclusion_criteria": [
{
"code": {
"code": "A92.9",
"system": "ICD-10"
},
"logical_operator": "AND",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"name": "Fever",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"description": "Arthropod refers to insects or arachnids, such as mosquitoes",
"name": "History of arthropod bite",
"type": "professional_judgment"
},
{
"description": "Fever persisting for more than 3 days without an identified cause",
"name": "Acute fever of unknown origin (FUO)",
"type": "symptom"
}
]
}
],
"keywords": [
"arbovirosis",
"Latin America"
],
"language": "English",
"location": "Paraguay",
"notes": [
"Human-readable definition was automatically translated from Spanish to English."
],
"open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0",
"organization": "Ministry of Health and Social Welfare",
"published_at": "2025-01-29T12:00:00Z",
"published_by": [
"Open Syndrome Initiative"
],
"published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org",
"references": [
{
"title": "Guía Nacional de Vigilancia y Control de Eventos de Notificación Obligatoria. Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica. Paraguay, 2022",
"url": "https://dgvs.mspbs.gov.py/files/guiaNacional/Guia_de_Vigilancia_2022_act_28_julio.pdf"
}
],
"scope": "broad",
"status": "draft",
"target_public_health_threats": [
"arbovirosis"
],
"title": "Open Syndrome Arbovirosis in General",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
Using the Definition #
Healthcare organizations can implement this definition through:
- Direct integration with surveillance systems
- API endpoints for real-time validation
- Manual case verification processes
Next Steps #
We encourage:
- Clinical feedback on the definition criteria
- Technical feedback on the implementation format
- Suggestions for additional symptoms or signs
- Reports of implementation experiences
Get Involved #
We welcome contributions and feedback from the community.