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  • An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits Based on Differences in Heat Syndrome Definitions in Northern Illinois

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    Comparison of heat-related health effects across regions or among different syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. While a national standard for common heat-related syndromes… read more
    … syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. … syndromic surveillance systems is problematic due to the lack of a standardized heat-related syndrome definition. …
  • 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 …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo

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    The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more
    … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting …
  • Hospital Readmissions Among the Homeless Population in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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    It is estimated that there are 1.7 million homeless individuals in the United States; 36% are families with children under the age of 18. Due to lack of resources, homeless individuals frequent emergency departments for immediate health care needs.… read more
    … are families with children under the age of 18. Due to lack of resources, homeless individuals frequent emergency … are families with children under the age of 18. Due to lack of resources, homeless individuals frequent emergency …
  • Ebola Virus Disease Surveillance and Response Preparedness in Northern Ghana

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    The recent Ebola outbreak has been described as unprecedented and its public health impact in terms of morbidity, mortality and coverage has been far greater than previously experienced. This outbreak has revealed many weaknesses and inadequacies… read more
    … to underqualified staff, cultural beliefs and sometimes, lack of trust for formal health care sector performance. … to underqualified staff, cultural beliefs and sometimes, lack of trust for formal health care sector performance. …
  • Anticipatory surveillance for mass gatherings: a novel application of mass media surveillance

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    Public health and medical research on mass gatherings (MGs) are emerging disciplines. MGs present surveillance challenges quite different from routine outbreak monitoring, including prompt detection of outbreaks of an unusual … read more
    … prompt detection of outbreaks of an unusual disease. Lack of familiarity with a disease can result in … prompt detection of outbreaks of an unusual disease. Lack of familiarity with a disease can result in a … prompt detection of outbreaks of an unusual disease. Lack of familiarity with a disease can result in …
  • Limb Elephantiasis as Predictor for the Occurrence and Spread of Lymphatic Filariasis in Kano State, Nigeria

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    Lymphatic filariasis is one of the most prevalent of the tropical diseases, but is also the most neglected.Though significant advances have been made in the understanding both the disease and its control, there is general lack of information about… read more
    … both the disease and its control, there is general lack of information about its socioeconomic effects, … both the disease and its control (3), there is general lack of information about its socioeconomic effects, … both the disease and its control, there is general lack of information about its socioeconomic effects, …
  • Nontraumatic Oral Health Classification for Alternative Use of Syndromic Data

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    Lack of access to regular dental care often results in costly, oral health visits to EDs that could otherwise have been prevented or managed by a dentist (1). Most studies on oral health-related visits to EDs have used a wide range of… read more
    … Lack of access to regular dental care often results in … Lack of access to regular dental care often results in …