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Evaluating the performance of two alternative geographic surveillance schemes
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected by an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state (Iowa, USA) level. Historically, the Iowa Department of Public Health has maintained 19 different influenza sentinel… read more… Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: gcfairch@gmail.com Objective This paper describes an experiment to … ‘noticed’ by a surveillance site (and thus having their visit reported back to the IDPH). The Huff model operates by … -
Changes in the Spatial Distribution of Syphilis
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Public health officials and epidemiologists have been attempting to eradicate syphilis for decades, but national incidence rates are again on the rise. It has been suggested that the syphilis epidemic in the US is a "rare example of unforced,… read more… Am J Public Health. 1999;89:369�73. *Sean Tolentino E-mail: seanluciotolentino@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. … -
Using a prediction market to forecast dengue fever activity
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Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease, and there is considerable evidence that case numbers are rising and geographical distribution of the disease is widening within the United States, and around the world. The accuracy and… read more… MD, USA; and 2University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: tksell@upmc-biosecurity.org Objective The objective of … -
A prediction market for H5N1 influenza compared with statistical forecasting model
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Predictionmarkets have been successfully used to forecast future events in other fields. We adapted this method to provide estimates of the likelihood of H5N1 influenza related events. Objective The purpose… read more… Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: ansontaiyat-ho@uiowa.edu Objective The purpose of this … -
Who Should We Be Listening to? Applying Models of User Authority to Detecting Emerging Topics on the EIN
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Emerging event detection is the process of automatically identifying novel and emerging ideas from text with minimal human intervention. With the rise of social networks like Twitter, topic detection has begun leveraging measures of user influence… read more… Web, Banff, Alberta, Canada; 2007:221�30. *Jason Fries E-mail: jason-fries@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Analysis of Zero-Inflated and Overdispersed Time Series: An Application to Syphilis Surveillance in the United States
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Time series data involving counts are frequently encountered in many biomedical and public health applications. For example, in disease surveillance, the occurrence of rare infections over time is often monitored by public health officials, and the… read more… IEEE Trans Automat Control. 1974;19:716�23. *Ming Yang E-mail: ming-yang@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Game-Theoretic Surveillance Approaches for Hospital-Associated Infections
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Disease screening facilitates the reduction of disease prevalence in two ways: (1) by preventing transmission and (2) allowing for treatment of infected individuals. Hospitals choosing an optimal screening level must weigh the benefits of decreased… read more… diseases. Math Biosci. 2007;209:386�402. *Aaron Miller E-mail: aaron-miller@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Inferring Travel from Social Media
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The spread of infectious diseases is facilitated by human travel. Infectious diseases are often introduced into a population by travelers and then spread among susceptible individuals. Likewise uninfected susceptible travelers can move into… read more… modeling; surveillance; twitter *Alessio Signorini E-mail: alessio-signorini@uiowa.edu (page number not for …