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Analytics for Investigation of Disease Outbreaks (AIDO)
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Situational awareness, or the understanding of elemental components of an event with respect to both time and space, is critical for public health decision-makers during an infectious disease outbreak. AIDO is a web-based tool designed to… read more -
Spatial temporal cluster analysis to enhance awareness of disease re-emergence on a global scale
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The re-emergence of an infectious disease is dependent on social, political, behavioral, and disease-specific factors. Global disease surveillance is a requisite of early detection that facilitates coordinated interventions to these events. Novel… read more -
Re-emerging Infectious Disease (RED) Alert tool
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Definitions of âre-emerging infectious diseasesâ typically encompass any disease occurrence that was a historic public health threat, declined dramatically, and has since presented itself again as a significant health problem. Examples include… read more -
Evaluating the performance of two alternative geographic surveillance schemes
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected by an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state (Iowa, USA) level. Historically, the Iowa Department of Public Health has maintained 19 different influenza sentinel… read more -
Eliciting Disease Data from Wikipedia Articles
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Traditional disease surveillance systems suffer from several disadvantages, including reporting lags and antiquated technology, that have caused a movement towards internet-based disease surveillance systems. Recently, Wikipedia access logs (e.g.,… read more -
Comparing Methods for Sentinel Surveillance Site Placement
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected via an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state level. Because participation is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This… read more -
Global Disease Monitoring and Forecasting with Wikipedia
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Infectious disease remains costly in human and economic terms. Effective and timely disease surveillance is a critical component of prevention and mitigation strategies. The limitations of traditional disease surveillance systems have motivated new… read more -
Situational Awareness for Unfolding Gastrointestinal Outbreaks Using Historical Data
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The CDC defines a foodborne outbreak as two or more people getting the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink. These illnesses are often characterized as gastroenteritis until the causative agent is identified (bacterial or viral).… read more