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Enhancing Surveillance for Arboviral Infections in the Arizona Border Region
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West Nile Virus (WNV) and dengue virus (DENV) are both arboviruses which are transmitted to humans by an infected mosquito bite during blood-meal feeding. The clinical presentations of nonneuroinvasive WNV and dengue fever are similar, and symptoms… read more… WNV as important public health problems maybe have been due to non-effective mosquito control, global demographic … WNV as important public health problems maybe have been due to non-effective mosquito control, global demographic … -
Enhancing Surveillance for Infectious Disease in the US-Mexico Border Region of Arizona
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The Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) program was established in 1999 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mexico Secretariat of Health, following mandates from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and… read more… boundary requires coordination and collaboration from all agencies involved. These surveillance data allow for … disease surveillance (BIDS) project. J Emerg Infect Dis. 2003;9:97�102. *Orion McCotter E-mail: … -
An Emergency Department Based Syndromic Surveillance System for Meningitis and Encephalitis, Maricopa County, AZ 2004
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We developed, implemented and evaluated Meningitis and Encephalitis (M/E) syndrome case definitions based on electronic Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint data; and assessed their ability to detect aberrations that correspond with M/E… read more… for each case definition. RESULTS A total of 243 (26%) reported M/E cases visited the 5 hospitals for which … from 18% to 71%. Specificity was high (98% to 99%) for all case definitions except for the least restrictive case …