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Timeliness of Ambulatory Data for Age-Specific ILI Surveillance
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While there has been some work to evaluate different data sources for syndromic surveillance of influenza, no one has yet assessed the utility of simultaneously restricting data to specific visit settings and patient age-groups using… read more… utility of simultaneously restricting data to specific visit settings and patient age-groups using data drawn from … source population, we aimed to compare age-group and visit setting specific patterns in the timing of patients … of the CCFs between vari- ous age group and visit setting specific subsets of ILI visits and P&I … -
Crowdout: When do other events hinder informal disease surveillance?
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Informal surveillance systems like HealthMap are effective at the early detection of outbreaks. However, reliance on informal sources such as news media makes the efficiency of these systems vulnerable to newsroom constraints, namely high-profile… read more… likely to occur. Document Crowdout_When_Do_Other_Events_Hinder_Informal_Disease_Surveillance.pdf Submitted by elamb … Crowdout: when do other events hinder informal disease surveillance? David Scales*, Emily … Crowdout: When do other events hinder informal disease surveillance? … -
Web Search Query Data to Monitor Dengue Epidemics: a New Model for Dengue Surveillance
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With an estimated 500 million people infected each year, dengue ranks as one of the most significant mosquito-borne viral human diseases, and one of the most rapidly emerging vectorborne diseases. A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and… read more… A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and … (1). A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and … A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and …