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Surveillance of West Nile Virus Activity Using Biosense Laboratory Test Order Data
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West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause meningitis and encephalitis. Since its discovery in New York City during an encephalitis outbreak in 1999, WNV has become endemic in North America. In the United States, 16,000 human WNV… read more -
Simulation of Correlated Outbreak Signals for Early Aberration Reporting
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The Early Aberration Reporting System was developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help assist local and state health officials to focus limited resources on appropriate activities of public health… read more -
Geographic Categorization Methods Used in BioSense
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BioSense is a CDC initiative to promote situational awareness through summarizing, analyzing, and presenting health related event information. Among the data sources collected and analyzed through the BioSense application are the Department of… read more