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  • Relationship between Clinical Screening Tools, Syndromic Surveillance, and Influenza-Positive Patients

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    In 2003, with the advent of SARS, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) released a document mandating the use of a clinical screening tool to detect patients at high risk for having a febrile respiratory illness (FRI), defined… read more
    … also suggest that a temperature or history of fever alone may be a better indicator of influenza. The implications of … Triage in Ontario. 2005; Available at: http://www.oha.com/client/OHA/OHA_LP4W_LND_WebStatio …
  • Graduate-Level Syndromic Surveillance Course, An International Society for Disease Surveillance Project

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     Following the development of an introductory Continuing Education (CME) course in syndromic surveillance, the Education and Training Committee of the International Society for Disease Surveillance recognized the need to educate future non-… read more
    … Disease Surveillance Project Debjani Das, MPH1, Larissa May, M.D2, Julie Pavlin, MD, PhD, MPH3. 1. University of … 1. http://grad- schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pu b/search. 2. …
  • Identifying Contextual Features to Improve the Performance of an Influenza-Like Illness Text Classifier

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    To understand the types of false positive cases identified by an Influenza-like illness (ILI) text classifier by measuring the prevalence of ILI-related concepts that are negated, hypothetical, include explicit mention of temporality, experienced by… read more
    … electronic note documents. False positive extractions may be due to concepts in the text being assigned to the …
  • Virtual public health informatics training: development and delivery of an online public health informatics course

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    Public health informatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field that uses information technology and informatics methods to meet public health goals. To achieve these goals, education and training of a new generation of public health informaticians… read more
    … delivery of an online public health informatics course Y Jiang, and CJ Staes University of Utah, Salt Lake City, … Results The course was delivered from 18 January to 10 May 2010 using Blackboard Vista, the University of Utah’s … Journal 2011, 4:s134. doi: 10.3134/ehtj.10.134 & 2011 Y Jiang and CJ Staes.; licensee Emerging Health Threats …
  • Enhanced Surveillance Improved Timeliness and Sensitivity at the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany

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    Security threats and the recent emergence of avian influenza in Europe have heightened the profile of and need for a good surveillance strategy during such events. The two main rationales for enhanced infectious disease surveillance at mass events… read more
    … Health Regulations. 2005. Report No. A58/4, 16 May 2005. [Cited 2005 Nov 29]. Available from …
  • 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
    … Zaria, Nigeria * Corresponding Author:mmdogara@yahoo.com Objective This paper describes how limb elephantiasis … was observed to have lymphoedema of the limbs which may be pitting or non-pitting. The search for persons with …
  • A Closer Look at Developing a Statewide Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System in a Rural State

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    This paper describes the issues associated with the creation of a statewide emergency department syndromic surveillance system, part of the South Carolina Aberration Alerting Network (SCAAN), in a predominately rural state.
    … health practice, New York City. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):858-64. Erratum in: Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 …
  • A Novel Application of Syndromic Methods of Monitor Temporal Changes in the Specificity of an Oral HIV Test

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    To apply syndromic techniques in assessing whether the false-positive rate (FP rate) of a rapid oral HIV test, routinely used for screening in New York Cityís STD clinics, deviated from the manufacturerís claim; results of which have important… read more
    … monitoring the temporal pattern in test specificity and may help public health officials to better assess when a …