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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… LH Gren et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 32 Acknowledgements This paper was … References 1 ThompsonWW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox N, Anderson LJ, et al. Mortality associated with … in the United States. JAMA 2003;289:179–86. 2 Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Bridges CB, Cox NJ, et … -
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… K Davis et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 17 new non-traditional public health … 2006 Aug 26, cited 2010 Fed 09]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/NCIPC/pub-res/nvdrs- … Health Threats Journal K Davis et al. 2011, 4:s125 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 18 … -
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… C Staes et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 89 tions. We are exploring models to … Health Threats Journal C Staes et al. 2011, 4:s116 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 90 … -
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… Rajeev et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 68 hospitalization status and physician … Health Threats Journal D Rajeev et al. 2011, 4:s108 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 69 …