Displaying results 1 - 6 of 6
-
Seasonal Synchronization of Influenza in the United States Older Adult Population
Content Type: Webinar
Elena Naumova, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine joined the August 2010 ISDS Literature Review to present her paper "Seasonal Synchronization of Influenza in the United States Older Adult… read more… Tufts University School of Medicine Date Thursday, August 26, 2010 Host ISDS Research Committee … Tufts University School of Medicine Date Thursday, August 26, 2010 Host ISDS Research Committee … -
Effective Collaboration Models for Statiscians and Public Health Departments
Content Type: Abstract
Public health departments need enhanced surveillance tools for population monitoring, and external researchers have expertise and methods to provide these tools. However, collaboration with potential solution developers and students in academia,… read more… 40 U.S. states, access to improved analytic methods was a top priority. Among the tools most desired by respondents … 40 U.S. states, access to improved analytic methods was a top priority. Among the tools most desired by respondents … -
Seasonal Patterns of Respiratory Diseases: a Proxy for Influenza?
Content Type: Abstract
One of the most important goals of disease surveillance is to identify the "what" and "when" of an epidemic. Influenza surveillance is made difficult by inconsistent laboratory testing, deficiencies in testing techniques, and coding… read more… useful proxy for this infection in pediatric populations, due to similarities in the seasonal characteristics of these … mixed, depending on the disorder. METHODS Subjects were all patients treated for gastroenteritis in MA from Oct 2001 … for children 0-5. For ages 6-17, seasons besides winter did not always differ from each other. For adults, winter … -
What Happens in Vegas, Doesn’t Stay in Vegas: Traveling Waves of Influenza in the US Elderly Population, 1991-2004
Content Type: Abstract
Influenza is a significant public health problems in the US leading to over one million hospitalizations in the elderly population (age 65 and over) annually. While influenza preparedness is an important public health issue, previous… read more… is an important yet difficult public health goal due to variability in annual strains, timing, and shift of … is an important yet difficult public health goal due to variability in annual strains, timing, and shift of … between peak week and absolute intensity was found for all 48 states; the earlier the arrival of influenza the more … -
Enteric Disease Surveillance: Seasonal Changes in Population Profiles
Content Type: Abstract
In the last decade, time series analysis has become one of the most important tools of surveillance systems. Understanding the nature of temporal fluctuations is essential for successful development of outbreak detection algorithms, aberration… read more… single-year age distributions were calculated for all reported cases in the four infections. Next, sets of … for each infection. Each set included time series for all population and three age groups (<18y, 18-64y, 65y+). To … to 0.63 (cryptosporidiosis vs salmonellosis), mostly due to the fact that for each infection, children (<5y) and … -
Infectious Outbreaks and Time-Distributed Effects of Exposure
Content Type: Abstract
The objective of this communication is to demonstrate an approach for modeling time-distributed effects of exposures to cases of infection which can be utilized in syndromic surveillance systems for characterizing, detecting, and forecasting a… read more… lag structure was sufficient for the existing outcome, i.e. non-specific gastroenteritis, since an outcome variable …