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Document classification toward efficient event-based biosurveillance
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Event-based biosurveillance is a practice of monitoring diverse information sources for the detection of events pertaining to human health. Online documents, such as news articles on the Internet, have commonly been the … read more… University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA E-mail: torii@isis.georgetown.edu Objective This paper … -
Finding medically unexplained symptoms within VA clinical documents using v3NLP
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Pro-WATCH (protecting war fighters using algorithms for text processing to capture health events), a syndromic surveillance project for veterans of operation enduring freedom (OEF)/operation Iraqi freedom (OIF), includes a task to identify medically… read more… USA; and 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: guy.divita@hsc.utah.edu Objective Pro-WATCH … -
Generalized fast subset sums for Bayesian detection and visualization
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The multivariate Bayesian scan statistic (MBSS) enables timely detection and characterization of emerging events by integrating multiple data streams. MBSS can model and differentiate between multiple event types: it uses Bayes’ Theorem to… read more… Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA E-mail: neill@cs.cmu.edu Objective We propose a new, … -
Use of the National Poison Data System for surveillance of human health effects from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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NPDS is the only source for national surveillance data regarding human exposures to hazardous substances and their health effects. It is a near real-time surveillance system operated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) in… read more… of Poison Control Centers, Alexandria, VA, USA E-mail: hua1@cdc.gov Objective The objective of this study was … -
Using administrative databases to identify cases of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
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CKD is currently the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. The prevalence of end-stage renal disease, the most severe form of CKD, has doubled in the last decade.1 Early detection and treatment of CKD is critical to slowdown the… read more… for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: rblouin@scimetrika.com Objective This poster … -
Using laboratory and medical encounter records to identify impact of prophylaxis policies on group A Streptococcus in three recruit training facilities
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Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant morbidity and, on occasion, has been linked to deaths. Streptococcal surveillance has long been a… read more… Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, VA, USA E-mail: tina.luse@med.navy.mil Objective To compare trends of … -
Using laboratory and medical encounter records to identify impact of prophylaxis policies on group A Streptococcus in three recruit training facilities
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Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant morbidity and, on occasion, has been linked to deaths. Streptococcal surveillance has long been a part of military… read more… Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, VA, USA E-mail: tina.luse@med.navy.mil Objective To compare trends of … -
Using a prediction market to forecast dengue fever activity
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Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease, and there is considerable evidence that case numbers are rising and geographical distribution of the disease is widening within the United States, and around the world. The accuracy and… read more… MD, USA; and 2University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: tksell@upmc-biosecurity.org Objective The objective of …