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Aiding the practice of tuberculosis control: a decision support model to predict transmission
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A new TB case can be classified as: 1) a source case for transmission leading to other, secondary active TB cases; 2) a secondary case, resulting from recent transmission; or 3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e. neither… read more… 3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e. neither source nor recipient). Source and secondary cases require more intense intervention due to their involvement in a chain of transmission; thus, … (3) an isolated case, uninvolved in recent transmission (i.e., neither source nor recipient). Source and secondary … -
Digital Sources of Food Purchasing Data for the Surveillance of Dietary Patterns
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In Canada, the economic impact of unhealthy eating is estimated at $6.3 billion annually and in the US the estimated cost is $87 billion. Despite the critical need to identify effective diet-related interventions through empirical evaluation, public… read more… billion. Despite the critical need to identify effective diet-related interventions through empirical evaluation, … the utility of automatically captured store-level (i.e. point-of-sale) food purchasing data for the … billion. Despite the critical need to identify effective diet-related interventions through empirical evaluation, …