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Open Syndrome Dengue

Authors: CDC

Location: United States

Purpose #

Case definition for dengue surveillance based on chief complaints and multiple diagnostic coding systems

The definition #

Machine-readable definition #

The definition is available in JSON format following the Open Syndrome v1.0 specification:

{
   "category": "suspected",
   "definition_type": "case_definition",
   "description": "Case definition for dengue surveillance based on chief complaints and multiple diagnostic coding systems",
   "human_readable_definition": "",
   "inclusion_criteria": [
     {
       "logical_operator": "OR",
       "type": "criterion",
       "values": [
         {
           "description": "Dengue word in chief complaint field",
           "name": "Dengue in chief complaint",
           "operator": "regex",
           "regex_flags": "i",
           "regex_pattern": "dengue",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "A90",
             "system": "ICD-10"
           },
           "description": "Dengue fever (A90) or Dengue hemorrhagic fever (A91)",
           "name": "Dengue fever",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "A91",
             "system": "ICD-10"
           },
           "name": "Dengue hemorrhagic fever",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "061",
             "display": "Dengue",
             "system": "ICD-9"
           },
           "name": "Dengue",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "38362002",
             "display": "Dengue",
             "system": "SNOMED-CT"
           },
           "name": "Dengue",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "20927009",
             "display": "Severe Dengue",
             "system": "SNOMED-CT"
           },
           "name": "Severe Dengue",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "409671005",
             "display": "Dengue shock syndrome",
             "system": "SNOMED-CT"
           },
           "name": "Dengue shock syndrome",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "866057003",
             "display": "Myelitis caused by Dengue virus",
             "system": "SNOMED-CT"
           },
           "name": "Myelitis caused by Dengue virus",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         },
         {
           "code": {
             "code": "1163101003",
             "display": "Encephalitis caused by Dengue virus",
             "system": "SNOMED-CT"
           },
           "name": "Encephalitis caused by Dengue virus",
           "type": "diagnosis"
         }
       ]
     }
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "Dengue",
     "North America",
     "Arbovirus"
   ],
   "language": "English",
   "location": "United States",
   "notes": [
     "Case definition based on Chief Complaint Discharge Diagnosis (CCDD) parsed field",
     "No exclusion terms or codes are used in this query"
   ],
   "open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0",
   "organization": "CDC",
   "published_at": "2025-01-29T12:00:00Z",
   "published_by": [
     "Open Syndrome Initiative"
   ],
   "published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org",
   "references": [
     {
       "citation": "Dengue Case Definition v1",
       "url": "https://knowledgerepository.syndromicsurveillance.org/dengue-v1"
     }
   ],
   "scope": "broad",
   "status": "draft",
   "target_public_health_threats": [
     "Dengue"
   ],
   "title": "Open Syndrome Dengue",
   "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

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