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OutbreakMD: tracking and identifying disease outbreaks in post-earthquake Haiti
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HealthMap is a real-time disease epidemic intelligence tracking and visualization system that collects information from general news media, individual first-hand reports and public health sources around the world. Gaps in this effort clearly occur… read more… to resource poor settings where both Internet and cell phone connectivity are available but often unreliable. … is compatible with a range of mobile devices such as iPhone, Android and desktop browsers, so the application can … -
Traveling Epidemic Waves in Biosurveillance Data: Identifying Early Hotspots of Respiratory Illness
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We have previously shown that timeliness of detection is influenced both by the data source (e.g., ambulatory vs. emergency department) and demographic characteristics of patient populations (e.g., age). Because epidemic waves are thought to… read more… may affect disease susceptibility and hence timing of visits. Here, we describe spatial models of local … may affect disease susceptibility and hence timing of visits. Here, we describe spatial models of local … referral bias by including the likelihood of a hospital visit based on the market share of a zip code. The model … -
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 … geo- graphic areas, of household income on rates of visits due influenza and RSV among children using real- time … tion chief complaint data from emergency department visits at Miami Children’s Hospital in Miami, FL. We … -
Can all-cause school absenteeism be used to optimize the timing of school closure in response to pandemic influenza?
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School closure has long been proposed as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in reducing the transmission of pandemic influenza. Children are thought to have high transmission potential because of their low immunity to circulating… read more… data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings. … using data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings. … the daily count of all-cause absenteeism and school nurse visits for fever/flu syndrome in 1206 public schools in New … -
Comparison of Distribute and ILINet for national influenza surveillance
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During the spring of 2009, a public health emergency was declared in response to the emergence of the 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) virus. Owing to the response, timely data were needed to improve situational awareness and to inform… read more… reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) and total patient visits to EDs from participating health jurisdictions, … sites where data were available. The weekly percent of visits because of ILI were calculated for each system. For … -
Effect of expanded recommendations for pediatric seasonal influenza vaccination: an international comparison
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Seasonal influenza epidemics are responsible for over 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States per year, and 39,000 of them are in children. In the United States, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guides… read more… to make an international comparison of rates of ED visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) following the United … the post-policy change response of ILI-related ED visits to Children’s Hospital Boston, using Montreal … We observed a 34% decline in the rate of ILI-related ED visits among two- to four-year-olds for Children’s Hospital … -
Does Climate Predict the Timing of Peak Influenza Activity in the United States?
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Though spatio-temporal patterns of influenza spread have often suggested that environmental factors, such as temperature, solar radiation and humidity play a key role, few studies have directly assessed their effect on the timing… read more… in the United States using pediatric hospitalization visits with ICD-9 codes equal to 486.00, 487.00, 487.10 or …