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The prevalence of rabies cases in the territory of Azerbaijan, January 2015-June 2016
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Rabies is an infectious disease which was and remains to be one of the most serious diseases of all species of hematothermal animals and humans, in many regions of the world. The epizootic situation on rabies in the Republic of Azerbaijan has been… read more -
The test-negative design for estimating influenza vaccination effectiveness
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The test-negative design is a variation of the case-control study, in which patients are enrolled in outpatient clinics (and/or hospitals) based on a clinical case definition such as influenza-like illness (ILI). Patients are then tested for… read more -
Towards Tracking Opium Related Discussions in Social Media
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In recent years, the use of social media has increased at an unprecedented rate. For example, the popular social media platform Reddit (http://www.reddit.com) had 83 billion page views from over 88,000 active sub-communities (subreddits) in 2015.… read more -
Tracking Health Effects of Wildfires: The Oregon ESSENCE Wildfire Pilot Project
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Wildfires occur annually in Oregon, and the health risks of wildfire smoke are well documented1. Before implementing syndromic surveillance through Oregon ESSENCE, assessing the health effects of wildfires in real time was very challenging. Summer… read more -
Coordinated Enhanced Surveillance with Healthcare Entities for Mass Gathering Events
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Mass gatherings can result in morbidity and mortality from communicable and non-communicable diseases, injury, and bioterrorism. Therefore, it is important to identify event-related visits as opposed to community-related visits when conducting… read more -
Correlation of school absenteeism and laboratory results for Flu A in Alberta, Canada
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Rates of student absenteeism in schools have been mainly used to detect outbreaks in schools and prompt public health action to stop local transmission. A report by Kim Mogto et al. stated that aggregated counts of school absenteeism (SAi… read more -
Evaluating Notifiable Disease Reporting by Providers: Analysis of Data Element Completeness
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Completeness of public health information is essential for the accurate assessment of community health progress and disease surveillance. Yet challenges persist with respect to the level of completeness that public health agencies receive in reports… read more -
Evaluating the Ability of a Syndromic Surveillance System to Detect Heat-Related Illnesses in Houston, TX, 2009-2012
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Extreme heat events over the past 30 years have resulted in unprecedented increase in the numbers of heat-related morbidity and mortality across the world (1-3). During the same time frame, Houston residents has experienced three of the hottest… read more