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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… Walker1, MPH, John F. Quinn III4, BS, Kenneth L. Cox5, Col, USAF, MC, SFS 1BioIntelligence Center, Centers for … -
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… I. Tokars, MD1, Roseanne English1, Theresa L. Smith, MD2, Col- leen Bradley, MSPH1, Leslie Sokolow1,3, Henry Rolka, …