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The Development of Virtual Data for Syndromic Surveillance Exercises
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On 27 April 2005, a simulated bioterrorist event—the aerosolized release of Francisella tularensis in the men’s room of luxury box seats at a sports stadium—was used to exercise the disease surveillance capability of the National Capital Region (NCR… read more… (NCR). The objective of this exercise was to permit all of the health departments in the NCR to exercise … as it both is proprietary and contains protected, though de-identified, health information about real people; nor is … (NCR). The ob- jective of this exercise was to permit all of the health departments in the NCR to exercise inter- … -
Methodology for prediction of outbreaks of diseases of military importance
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Traditional public health practice has relied on public health surveillance of disease to detect outbreaks in an effort to mitigate their effects. Often the earlier an outbreak is detected, the greater the mitigation of its effects. The logical… read more… bacterial diarrheal diseases, and dengue fever as the top three endemic threats to deployed US forces. Of those … health interventions. For rigorous disease prediction, all predictor variables need to be collected for the … realistic prediction, that is, one in which the values of all the predictor variables can be obtained before … -
SAGES Update: Electronic Disease Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings
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The new 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the scope of reportable conditions and are intended to help prevent and respond to global public health… read more… Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the … processes, and analyzes non-traditional data sources (i.e. chief complaints from hospital emergency departments, … Regulations (IHR), a legally binding instrument for all 194 WHO member countries, significantly expanded the … -
Dengue Fever Outbreak Prediction
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Dengue fever is endemic in over 100 countries and there are an estimated 50 - 100 million cases annually. There is no vaccine for dengue fever yet, and the mortality rate of the severe form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever, ranges from 10-20… read more… permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …