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  • Technical Challenges from the Public Health Practice Community to Statisticians and Analysts

    Content Type: Webinar

    On May 28th, 2009, the ISDS Research and Public Health Practice Committees hosted a joint panel with the goal of bringing current challenges faced by public health practitioners to the attention of the research community at large. Members of both… read more
    … Department of Health Louise Wilson,  Pandemic Influenza Co-ordination Team, Edinburgh, Scotland Marc Paladini,  New … Act. (2006). Pub L No. 109-417, 101 et seq. http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/109/s/s3678.pdf “the … Public Health – 28th May 2009 Louise Wilson Pandemic Flu Co-ordination Team Scottish Government 2 Problem •  Charged …
  • What Can Enhanced Influenza Surveillance Teach Us About Syndromic Surveillance?

    Content Type: Abstract

    Currently Scotland has a number of influenza surveillance schemes, including âflu-spotter’ practices, and enhanced surveillance general practices that submit clinical samples for virological testing (SERVIS practices). This information feeds… read more
    … 1. The European Influenza Surveillance Scheme, http://www.eiss.org/index.cgi 2 QFLU: new influenza monitoring in … care to support pandemic influenza planning. J Hippisley-Cox et al, http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/06062 2.asp#4 Advances in …
  • Spatial Analysis of an Outbreak of Q Fever

    Content Type: Abstract

    As part of the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Q fever in a factory in Scotland, we aimed to utilise a spatial scan statistic to aid in identification of areas associated with increased relative risk of infection.
    … undertaken in SaTScan 8.0 alpha3 (1). We used multiple co-ordinates to reflect the route of entry to work and place …