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An Early Warning Influenza Model using Alberta RealTime Syndromic Data (ARTSSN)
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Standardized electronic pre-diagnostic information is routinely collected in Alberta, Canada. ARTSSN is an automated real-time surveillance data repository able to rapidly refresh data that include school absenteeism information, calls about health… read more… health advice and information, and emergency department visits categorized by standardized chief complaint. Until … health advice and information, and emergency department visits categorized by standardized chief complaint. Until … -
Using quad trees to generate grid points for applications in geographic disease surveillance
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In this study, we compare two methods of generating grid points to enable efficient geographic cluster detection when the original geographical data are prohibitively numerous. One method generates uniform grid points, and the other employs quad… read more… than the uniform scheme. The quad tree grid point scheme may be a useful alternative to the uniform (and other) grid … spatial resolutions. The quad tree grid scheme may also be useful in a number of other geographic … than the uniform scheme. The quad tree grid point scheme may be a useful and flexible alternative to the uniform (and …