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  • Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China

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    The influenza A(H7N9) virus emerged in early 2013 in China, with more than 130 laboratory-confirmed cases identified within a short period of about three months. Evidence-based public health response is essential for effective control of the disease… read more
    … information from sources such as official health website, online news, blogs or social media has the … information from sources such as official health website, online news, blogs or social media has the …
  • Characterizing Socioeconomic Disparities in the Burden of Influenza and RSV Using Surveillance Data

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    To measure the impact, within administrative geographic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real-time syndromic surveillance.
    … geographic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real-time … graphic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real- time … infec- tions,(2) however, the impact of socioeconomic dis- parities on the burden of influenza and RSV among …
  • Automated chronic disease surveillance and visualization using electronic health record data

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    Chronic diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for Americans but public health surveillance for these conditions is limited. Health departments currently use telephone interviews, medical surveys, and death certificates to gather… read more
    … and care (medications and medical nutrition counseling). De-identified linelists are transmitted nightly to a secure website called the ‘RiskScape’ that auto- matically maps … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in …
  • Digital Surveillance of the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Identifying Hot-spots for Emerging Zoonoses

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    The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-faceted, clandestine industry that has led to the disruption of fragile ecosystems, facilitated the spread of pathogens, and has led to the emergence of novel infectious diseases in humans, domestic animals, and… read more
    … Wildlife trade and global disease emergence. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005;11:3. 2. Gratwicke B, Evans M, Jenkins P, Kusrini … not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. The wildlife trade website (http://www.healthmap.org/wildlife trade) showing … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in …
  • Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot

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    The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more
    … ILI-s time-series visualized on the Distribute restricted website. Emerging Health Threats Journal 2011, 4:s48. doi: … could be visualized through the Distribute restricted website. Comparison of local ILI-narrow, ILI-broad and ILI-s … 1 Olson DR, Paladini M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 …
  • Online Reports of Foodborne Illness Capture Foods Implicated in Official Foodborne Outbreak Reports

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    Traditional surveillance systems only capture a fraction of the estimated 48 million yearly cases of foodborne illness in the United States due to few affected individuals seeking medical care and lack of reporting to appropriate authorities. Non-… read more
    … yearly cases of foodborne illness in the United States due to few affected individuals seeking medical care and … yearly cases of foodborne illness in the United States due to few affected individuals seeking medical care and …
  • 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
    … Informal surveillance; syndromic surveillance; infectious dis- ease; epidemics; media References 1. Mandl KD, Overhage … P2010, P2011 and P08.09 are parallel time periods, i.e., the same dates as the crowdout period but during … 4.56 Flu 2 After 4.56 2.55 6.57 Flu 2 Parallel 7.0 4.74 9.26 �ISDS 2011 Conference Abstracts Emerging Health Threats …
  • Development of a Vietnamese Language Outbreak Mapping and Surveillance System

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    In the South East Asia Region (SEAR), infectious disease continues to be a leading cause of death. SEAR countries, like Vietnam, are also at risk for outbreaks of emerging diseases due to high population density, proximity to animals and… read more
    … are also at risk for outbreaks of emerging diseases due to high population density, proximity to animals and … are also at risk for outbreaks of emerging diseases due to high population density, proximity to animals and …