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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… dataset. A geographic analysis was performed to show the dis- tribution of three WNV laboratory test orders. ICD-9 … WNV-PCR, 2,594 for Entero-PCR, and 10,663 for Herpes-PCR. Top five states with counts of three WNV-specific laboratory … -
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… zip code for geographic location purposes based on dis- tance between the patient residence zip code and the … -
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… spatial and temporal data sources, such as emergency de- partment visits, drug store sales, and ambulatory clinic …