Under India's Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), syndromic case definitions are used. Which category of reporting is done weekly via the 'W' form?

• A Laboratory-confirmed outbreak data
• B Hospital-based clinical case reports
• C Private practitioner-reported notifiable disease data
• D Community-level syndromic surveillance data from health workers (AWW, ASHA) ✓

Explanation

IDSP uses three forms: S-form (syndromic from community — ASHA, AWW), P-form (presumptive/clinical from health facilities), and L-form (laboratory-confirmed from diagnostic centres). All three are reported weekly ('W' = weekly reporting cycle). Community-level syndromic data (S-form) enables early signal detection before laboratory confirmation. The system feeds data to state and central surveillance units for outbreak response.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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