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Evaluation of Microbiology Orders from a Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory as a Potential Data Source for Early Outbreak Detection
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Animals continue to be recognized as a potential source of surveillance data for detecting emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism preparedness, pandemic influenza preparedness, and detection of other zoonotic diseases. Detection of disease… read more… microorganisms, animal species, and specimen collection sites as potential early indicators of disease outbreaks. … microorganisms, animal species, and specimen collection sites as potential early indicators of disease out- breaks. … number, animal species, the anatomical collection site of the specimen, date of test result, and species of … -
Student Rotation in a Veterinary Teaching Hospital as a Potential Surveillance Confounder
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Identifying potential biases and confounders that may affect data quality is an important consideration when evaluating surveillance systems. Having the benefit of predictable temporal trends is a key requirement to improve upon… read more… blood cultures (OR=3.50) was associated with intensive care and necropsy. OR of <mean isolates:orders during 1st … practice. Clinic III included emergency, intensive care, necropsy, and preventive medicine CONCLUSIONS These …