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Tweeting Fever: Are Tweet Extracts a Valid Surrogate Data Source for Dengue Fever?
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Dengue fever is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the Republic of the Philippines (RP) and across the world. Early identification of geographic outbreaks can help target intervention campaigns and mitigate the severity of outbreaks.… read more… used in these areas; for example, the RP is among the top 20 producers of tweets in the world. If social media … used in these areas; for example, the RP is among the top 20 producers of tweets in the world. If social media … -
Sharing Public Health Information with Non-Public Health Partners
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Automated Electronic Disease Surveillance has become a common tool for most public health practitioners. Users of these systems can analyze and visualize data coming from hospitals, schools, and a variety of sources to determine the health of their… read more… Disseminating this information, however, can be difficult due to lack of secure tools and guidance policies. This … Disseminating this information, however, can be difficult due to lack of secure tools and guidance policies. This … -
Methodology for prediction of outbreaks of diseases of military importance
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Traditional public health practice has relied on public health surveillance of disease to detect outbreaks in an effort to mitigate their effects. Often the earlier an outbreak is detected, the greater the mitigation of its effects. The logical… read more… bacterial diarrheal diseases, and dengue fever as the top three endemic threats to deployed US forces. Of those … health interventions. For rigorous disease prediction, all predictor variables need to be collected for the … realistic prediction, that is, one in which the values of all the predictor variables can be obtained before … -
SAGES Update: Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings
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The new 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the scope of reportable conditions and are intended to help prevent and respond to global public health… read more… Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the … processes, and analyzes non-traditional data sources (i.e. chief complaints from hospital emergency departments, … Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the … -
Dengue Fever Outbreak Prediction
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Dengue fever is endemic in over 100 countries and there are an estimated 50 - 100 million cases annually. There is no vaccine for dengue fever yet, and the mortality rate of the severe form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever, ranges from 10-20… read more… permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Applications of the ESSENCE Desktop Edition for Outbreak Detection in a Resource-Limited Setting
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Recent events have focused on the role of emerging and re-emerging diseases not only as a significant public health threat but also as a serious threat to the economy and security of nations. The lead time to detect and contain a novel emerging… read more… more than 5 while 9/17 had case counts of 5 or less for all 7 days in the past week. For municipalitieswith at least … For municipalities with case counts of 5 or less for all 7 prior days, no alerts were usually generated (median 0 … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 … -
Evaluating Pandemic Influenza Surveillance and Response Systems in Developing Countries: Framework and Pilot Application
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A pandemic caused by influenza A/H5N1 or another novel strain could kill millions of people and devastate economies worldwide. Recent computer simulations suggest that an emerging influenza pandemic might be contained in Southeast Asia through rapid… read more… Systems in.pdf 4 views Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22 … influ- enza emergence and response appropriate for a de- veloping country to identify behavioral and public …