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  • A new interpretation of the inference test for the spatial scan statistic

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    Spatial cluster analysis is considered an important technique for the elucidation of disease causes and epidemiological surveillance. Kulldorff's spatial scan statistic, defined as a likelihood ratio, is the usual measure of the strength of… read more
    … cost of estimating the data-driven critical value may be reduced through the use of a simple interpolation. … M. A spatial scan statistic. Commun Stat Theor Meth. 1997;26:1481�96. 2. Kulldorff M, Nagarwalla N. Spatial disease … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Utilization of EMR data for public health surveillance and situational awareness during the 2010 Haiti Earthquake; a preliminary assessment

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    During responses, an electronic medical record (EMR) allows federal emergency response staff to view and evaluate near real-time clinical encounter data. Analysis of EMR patient data can enhance situational awareness and provide decision advantage… read more
    … during domestic and international events and may be a useful tool for field public health and medical … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Mapping the uncertainty of non-contagious disease clusters boundaries in Brazil

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    The intrinsic variability that exists in the cases counting data for aggregated-area maps amounts to a corresponding uncertainty in the delineation of the most likely cluster found by methods based on the spatial scan statistics [3]. If this cluster… read more
    … (type I and II jointly) in the period of January 2002 to May 2011 All data were obtained from the Brazilian Ministry … A spatial scan statistic. Commun Statist Theor Meth. 1997;26:1481�96. *Sabino Ferreira E-mail: sabino@est.ufmg.br … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Predictors of vaccination uptake for the 2009 influenza pandemic (H1N1) in Montreal

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    Work on vaccination timing and promotion largely precedes the 2009 pandemic. Post-pandemic studies examining the wide range of local vaccination efforts mostly have been limited to surveys assessing the role of administrative strategies, logistical… read more
    … For wait-and-see individuals, even a short postponement may well have become nonvaccination (3). These findings … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • The Implementation of an Outbreak Management Solution in New York State

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    Most outbreaks are small and localized in nature, although it is larger outbreaks that result in the most public attention. So a solution to manage an outbreak has to be able to accommodate a response to small outbreaks in a single jurisdiction… read more
    … update and search utilities was designed and completed in May 2011. The incident screen collects incident, disease- … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Applications of the ESSENCE Desktop Edition for Outbreak Detection in a Resource-Limited Setting

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    Recent events have focused on the role of emerging and re-emerging diseases not only as a significant public health threat but also as a serious threat to the economy and security of nations. The lead time to detect and contain a novel emerging… read more
    … though when case counts are 5 or less, alert results may not be very reliable. Validity of alerts generated by … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • An exploratory analysis of the 2010 measles outbreak in Zimbabwe

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    This report describes an exploratory analysis of the 2009-2010 Zimbabwe measles outbreak based on data publicly available in the World Health Organization's Zimbabwe cholera epidemiological bulletin archive. As of December 12th 2010, the outbreak… read more
    … is the mass vaccination campaign that took place between May 24 and June 2. Fig. 1B provides an example map … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …
  • Confusing Standards: Common Misconceptions about Disease Surveillance Standards

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    Domains go through phases of existence, and the electronic disease surveillance domain is no different. This domain has gone from an experimental phase, where initial prototyping and research tried to define what was possible, to a utility phase… read more
    … and understood in the exact same way as a second hospital may also be mistaken. Even though this is the hope of a … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …