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An Expectation-Based Scan Statistic for Detection of Space-Time Clusters
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The space-time scan statistic is a powerful statistical tool for prospective disease surveillance. It searches over a set of spatio-temporal regions (each representing some spatial area S for the last k days), finding the most… read more -
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections in Houston, Texas: An outline
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According to CDC, CRE is used to describe bacteria that are nonsusceptible to one or more carbapenems; doripenem, meropenem or imipenem and resistant to third generation cephalosporins like ceftriaxone, cefotaxime and ceftazidime. These organisms… read more -
Semantic Analysis of Open Source Data for Syndromic Surveillance
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Social media messages are often short, informal, and ungrammatical. They frequently involve text, images, audio, or video, which makes the identification of useful information difficult. This complexity reduces the efficacy of standard information… read more -
Sero-Prevalence of Rubella Virus among Pregnant Women in Kaduna State Nigeria 2015
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Rubella virus causes -“German measles,” also known as “three-day measles.” This is usually a milder disease than red measles. Red/Hard measles or just measles is caused by Rubeola virus. The result of acute infection of the virus is a benign… read more -
WHONET and BacLink: Software Tools for Laboratory-Based Surveillance of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance
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Clinical and public health microbiology laboratories of the world are a rich, underutilized resource in monitoring the changing epidemiology of microbial populations worldwide. Two areas of public health importance in which effective use of relevant… read more -
Time of Arrival Analysis in NC DETECT to Find Clusters of Interest from Unclassified Patient Visit Records
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TOA identifies clusters of patients arriving to a hospital ED within a short temporal interval. Past implementations have been restricted to records of patients with a specific type of complaint. The Florida Department of Health uses TOA at the… read more -
Towards Estimation of Electronic Laboratory Reporting Volumes in a Meaningful Use World
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to incentivize hospitals and physicians to become meaningful users of electronic health record (EHR) systems. In a final rule issued… read more -
Addressing Health Equity Through Data Collection and Linked Disease Surveillance
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In 2012, half of all adults in the US had one or more chronic health conditions; at least 25% had two or more chronic health conditions. Seven of the top ten causes of death in 2010 were chronic diseases; two of the seven chronic diseases, heart… read more