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  • Re-emerging Infectious Disease (RED) Alert tool

    Content Type: Abstract

    Definitions of “re-emerging infectious diseases” 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
    … the conventional practice, this has the potential to hinder effective public health responses. Defining … the conventional practice, this has the potential to hinder effective public health responses. Defining …
  • Evaluating the performance of two alternative geographic surveillance schemes

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … ‘noticed’ by a surveillance site (and thus having their visit reported back to the IDPH). The Huff model operates by computing the …