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  • Early Detection of Adverse Drug Events Using The Full Text of Letters to the Editor

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    Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality. The majority of post-marketing surveillance for ADEs is passive. Information regarding ADEs is reported to the medical community in peer-reviewed journals. However, in… read more
    … journals, our intuition is that letters to the editor may provide the earliest reports of ADEs. They often report … formal investigations and reports. Although these letters may contain useful and timely information, the challenge is … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • 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
    … Because of this interdependent relationship, one DU may have an incentive to "free-ride" off the screening … the disease prevalence declines. On the other hand, DUs may find it futile to invest in screening if they admit a … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • 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
    … is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This study … of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: gcfairch@gmail.com Objective This paper describes an experiment to evaluate … using two different probabilistic models for patient visits. To generate the best results from a disease …
  • 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
    … account for zero-inflation and overdispersion in the data may result in misleading inference and the detection of … account for zero-inflation and overdispersion in the data may result in misleading inference and the detection of … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Tuberculosis Unseen - Missed Opportunities in Diagnosis

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    Historically, patients with TB have often been diagnosed late or after death. This delay in diagnosis often occurs because TB is misdiagnosed as an alternative respiratory illness (RI), such as pneumonia . TB infected patients that are not… read more
    … are not correctly diagnosed when initial symptoms occur may spread infection to others in both healthcare settings … are not correctly diagnosed when initial symptoms occur may spread infection to others in both healthcare settings …
  • 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
    … As traditional methods of disease surveillance may not accurately capture the true impact of this disease, … from Google, Dartmouth College (2008). www.bocowgill.com/GooglePredictionMarketPaper.pdf. 4 Dvorak P. Best buy … 16 September 2008. Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB122152452811139909.html. 5 Polgreen PM, …
  • Comparing Methods for Sentinel Surveillance Site Placement

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    Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected via an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state level. Because participation is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This… read more
    … is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This study … is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This study … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Using Search Volume for Surveillance of Medication Prescribing

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    Investigators have used the volume of internet search queries to model disease incidence, especially influenza and general consumer behavior [1]. Our group has used search volume to model interest in FDA safety alerts and adverse drug event… read more
    … and adverse drug event incidence. Thus, search volume may help provide near real time sur- veillance of drug use … and adverse drug event incidence. Thus, search volume may help provide near real time sur- veillance of drug use …