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  • Indigenous Epidemiology: Identifying Health Disparities and Health Priorities

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    Historically, there has been a lack of data available to assess the health and well-being of urban American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in the United States. Furthermore, there has been limited data showing the increasing disparities that exists… read more
    … Historically, there has been a lack of data available to assess the health and well-being … Historically, there has been a lack of data available to assess the health and well-being …
  • Surveillance on Arboviral Infections in Georgia by using One Health Approach

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    Arbovirus infections are causing enormous global burden, while their geographic distribution expands and affects new regions and areas. West Nile virus (WNV), one of the most important pathogens among arboviruses, was historically associated with… read more
    … by the end of September. In Georgia, there is a lack of clinical suspicion on WNV because of the low … by the end of September. In Georgia, there is a lack of clinical suspicion on WNV because of the low …
  • Supplementing Obesity-Related Surveillance with Persistent Health Assessment Tools

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    In response to the rise in obesity rates and obesity-related healthcare costs over the past several decades, numerous organizations have implemented obesity prevention programs. The current method for evaluating the success of these programs relies… read more
    … obesity rates. As a result, public health policy makers lack the fine-grained evaluation data needed to make timely … obesity rates. As a result, public health policy makers lack the fine-grained evaluation data needed to make timely …
  • An evaluation of mobile phone technology use for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in Andhra Pradesh, India

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    Public health surveillance systems are constantly facing challenges of epidemics and shortage in the health care workforce. These challenges are more pronounced in developing countries, which bear the greatest burden of disease and where new… read more
    … IDSP in AP is facing many operational constraints like lack of human resource, irregular supply of logistics, hard … IDSP in AP is facing many operational constraints like lack of human resource, irregular supply of logistics, hard … it as widely or extensively as was possible, because of lack of clear directives for implementation; lack of …
  • Validation of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Respiratory Syndrome using Electronic Health Records

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    Effective and valid surveillance of syndromes can be extremely useful in the early detection of outbreaks and disease trends. However, medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult.… read more
    … medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult. … medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult. …
  • Development of an R Package for Syndromic Surveillance: Translating Research into Tools for the Veterinary Epidemiologist

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    A review of the development of veterinary syndromic surveillance in 2011 indicated that the field was incipient, but fast growing. Many countries are starting to explore different sources of data for syndromic surveillance. Some of the data streams… read more
    … current development of animal syndromic surveillance: The lack of standards in disease classification; The development … current development of animal syndromic surveillance: The lack of standards in disease classification; The development …
  • Early Detection of Adverse Drug Events Using The Full Text of Letters to the Editor

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    Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality. The majority of post-marketing surveillance for ADEs is passive. Information regarding ADEs is reported to the medical community in peer-reviewed journals. However, in… read more
    … there is no corresponding abstract to view. Due to the lack of an abstract, detection depends almost exclusively … there is no corresponding abstract to view. Due to the lack of an abstract, detection depends almost exclusively … there is no corresponding abstract to view. Due to the lack of an abstract, detection depends almost exclusively …
  • Exploring the Gaps: Symptoms by Influenza Type and Enhanced Sampling

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    The  ability  to  accurately  predict  influenza  infection  by  symptoms  and  local  epidemiology  prior  to  lab  confirmation  warrants  further  study… read more
    …  rapid  tests  can  be  clinically  helpful   but   lack   the   sensitivity   of   viral   culture. Hence,  ILI … Further, rapid tests can be clinically helpful but lack the sensitivity of viral culture. Hence, ILI symptoms …  rapid  tests  can  be  clinically  helpful   but   lack   the   sensitivity   of   viral   culture. Hence,  ILI …