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Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is preventable, yet it remains a leading cause of poisoning in the United States. An effective surveillance system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or… read more -
Modeling of Hepatitis B Epidemic Process by the Risk Factors Analysis
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Viral hepatitis is a global public health problem affecting millions of people every year, causing disability and death [1].The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through the contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person. For… read more -
Monitoring Risk Among Injection Drug Users in New Orleans - Findings from New Orleans National HIV Behavioral Surveillance 2005-2012
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Local data focused on the injection drug using (IDU) population was analyzed using representative samples from three years, 2005, 2009, and 2012, to garner an understanding of high-risk behavior associated with disease transmission. … read more -
CDCPlot: an Application for Viewing Weekly CDC MMWR Disease Count Data
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The CDC provides data on incidences of diseases on its website (https://data.cdc.gov/). Data is available at national, regional, and state levels, and is uploaded to the CDC’s website on a weekly basis. The CDCPlot web application (available at… read more -
Mortality Monitoring in the Netherlands
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The mortality monitoring system was initiated in August 2009 during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. It is a collaboration between the Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb) and Statistics Netherlands. The system monitors nation-wide reported… read more -
Moving Digital Disease Detection From Research to Action: Findings from a Survey of ISDS Membership
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Information is imperative to detecting and intervening in a disease outbreak, but the enormous amount of information that public health leaders must sift through can become overwhelming and obstructive. In the disease outbreak environment, it is… read more -
Near Real-Time Monitoring of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data During the 2013 Super Bowl and Mardi Gras Events in New Orleans, LA
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief complaint and diagnosis data to identify… read more -
Near-Real-Time Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Nebraska by Using ESSENCE
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CVD is one of the leading causes of death in the US, with 800,000 deaths being linked to CVD every year. Recently, the CDC reported that 1 in 4 of these deaths could be prevented by lifestyle changes, creating healthier living spaces, as well as… read more