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Using influenza rapid test positivity as an early indicator for the onset of seasonal influenza
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Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality, with attendant costs of roughly $10 billion for treatment and up to $77 billion in indirect costs annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts annual… read more… since 2002, collecting data on outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI, defined as fever of … surveillance since 2002, collecting data on outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI, defined as fever of … were those who: (1) had a measured temperature at the visit of at least 100F, and (2) had a ‘reason for visit’ … -
Design and development of a standards-based model to publish public health reporting criteria
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State laws mandate clinicians and laboratories to report occurrences of reportable diseases to public health entities. For this purpose, a set of case-reporting specifications are published and maintained by public health departments… read more… and 2Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: catherine.staes@hsc.utah.edu Objective In this paper, … -
Description of the quality of public health case reports received at a local health department and potential impact on workflow
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When a reportable condition is identified, clinicians and laboratories are required to report the case to public health authorities. These case reports help public health officials to make informed decisions and implement appropriate… read more… Lake Valley Health Department, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: deepthi.rajeev@hsc.utah.edu Objective This paper … -
Real-time surveillance of influenza/pneumonia deaths: new strategies using grid computing and natural language processing
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Surveillance of deaths due to influenza and pneumonia using death records has the potential to be a relatively inexpensive and quick approach to tracking and detecting influenza and respiratory illness outbreaks; however, presently such a system… read more… and 3Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: kailah.davis@utah.edu Objective This poster presents …