Field Name Field Description 1 System Name the name of the system 2 Purpose the purpose of the system 3 Location the location of the system, systems entered into the database at their highest form of aggregation, i.e. [...] if the system was both local and national, it was entered at the national level (Continent, “International” was used for systems that spanned two or more countries, and Country) 4 Population a description of the population the system covers 5 Year Started the year the system started operating 6 Organizations Involved the organizations involved in the operation of the system 7 Agent: Known and/or t. [...] Unlike the many of the peer-reviewed articles, all of the CFEP reports described the systems in sufficient detail to obtain all of the necessary descriptive data. [...] Comparison of Peer-reviewed Literature and Non Peer-Reviewed Literature The sample of non peer-reviewed literature reviewed showed that the same lack of clarity exists with respect to the definition of what constitutes a surveillance system as in the peer-reviewed literature. [...] Limitations Our systematic review has three main limitations: 1) the scope of the search strategy, including the search terms used and the databases searched, 2) the included articles did not provide all of the necessary data, and 3) the focus on peer-reviewed literature for this review.
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