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  • Application of Event-Based Biosurveillance to the 2011 E. coli Outbreak in Germany

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    Argus is an event-based, multi-lingual surveillance system which captures and analyzes information from publicly available Internet media. Argus produces reports that summarize and contextualize indications and warning (I&W) of emerging… read more
    … atypically severe symptoms in adult females. By May 26, state health authorities had identified over 600 EHEC … hygimia69.blogspot.com. 5. www.expatica.com. 6. www.rki.de. *Emily Iarocci E-mail: iarocci@isis.georgetown.edu (page … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in …
  • A review of automated text classification in event-based biosurveillance

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    Event-based biosurveillance is a practice of monitoring diverse information sources for the detection of events pertaining to human, plant, and animal health. Online documents, such as news articles, newsletters, and (micro-) blog entries, are… read more
    … This diversity illus- trates the complementarity of all the approaches. Conclusions Common challenges shared by … J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:150�7. 9. Lampos V, Bie TD, Cristianini N. Flu detector*tracking epidemics on … horizon*visualizing ProMED emails using EpiSPIDER. Adv Dis Surveill. 2007; 2:1. 12. Torii M, Yin L, Nguyen T, …
  • Measuring trends in hepatitis C testing with commercial laboratory data

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    Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver disease-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Approximately 75% of people infected with chronic HCV were born between 1945 and 1965. Since 2012, the CDC has recommended… read more
    … one-time screening for chronic HCV infection for all persons in this birth cohort (baby boomers). The United … among individuals who were recommended to be tested (i.e., baby boomer cohort born between 1945 and 1965) by the … one-time screening for chronic HCV infection for all persons in this birth cohort (baby boomers). The United …
  • Prevalence of Hepatitis C Testing Among Non-Institutionalized Individuals in the US, NHIS 2013-2017

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    Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common blood-borne disease in the US and the leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. Approximately 3.5 million individuals in the US were estimated to have been living with hepatitis C in… read more
    … to include a one-time HCV antibody test for all persons born between 1945 and 1965. The United States … among individuals who were recommended to be tested (i.e., baby boomer cohort born between 1945 and 1965) by the … to include a one-time HCV antibody test for all persons born between 1945 and 1965. The United States …
  • Trend analysis in hepatitis C testing, OptumLabs® Data Warehouse, 2011–2017

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    Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common blood-borne disease in the US and the leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. Approximately 3.5 million individuals in the US were estimated to be living with HCV in 2010 and… read more
    … to include a one-time HCV antibody test for all persons born between 1945-1965. The United States … among individuals who were recommended to be tested (i.e., baby boomer cohort born between 1945 and 1965) by the … to include a one-time HCV antibody test for all persons born between 1945-1965. The United States …
  • Application of Event-Based Biosurveillance to Disease Emergence in Isolated Regions

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    Argus is an event-based surveillance system which captures information from publicly available Internet media in multiple languages. The information is contextualized and indications and warning (I&W) of disease are identified. Reports are… read more
    … on a human plague outbreak in northern Peru where all 3 clinical forms of plague were identified (septicemic, … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Application of biosurveillance methodology to the 2010 Asian foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

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    Argus is an event-based, multi-lingual, biosurveillance system, which captures and analyzes information from publicly available internet media. Argus produces reports that summarize and contextualize direct, indirect, and… read more
    … in accordance with the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code; on 28 May 2010, the … Animal Health Code 2010. Vol. 2. Available at http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/ mcode/en_sommaire.htm. 5 World Animal …
  • Document classification toward efficient event-based biosurveillance

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    Event-based biosurveillance is a practice of monitoring diverse information sources for the detection of events pertaining to human health. Online documents, such as news articles on the Internet, have commonly been the … read more
    … for global infectious disease surveillance. Emerg Infect Dis 2009;15:689–95. 3 Walters R, Harlan P, Nelson NP, …