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Which Sections of Electronic Medical Records Are Most Relevant for Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza- like Illness?
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Effective real-time surveillance of infectious diseases must strike a balance between reliability and timeliness for early detection. Traditional syndromic surveillance utilizes limited sections of the EMR, such as chief complaints and/or diagnosis… read more -
WHISPers, the USGS-NWHC Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership Event Reporting System
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Although national surveillance systems are maintained for human health (CDC) and for livestock disease (USDA); there is no network or data repository in the area of wildlife disease surveillance. Because emerging and re-emerging diseases severely… read more -
Validation of SyS Data to Inform Surveillance of Health Disparities in Nebraska
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Achieving health equality is a national priority. The surveillance of health disparities in minority populations is key for the advancement of health equality. However, the need for improvement in documentation of race and ethnicity has been… read more -
Utility of Syndromic Surveillance in Detecting Potential Human Exposures to Rabies
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Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) can prevent fatal encephalitis associated with exposure to the rabies virus. However, overuse and inappropriate administration of rabies PEP are common.1 Mandatory reporting of potential rabies exposures… read more -
What’s the Buzz About Arboviral Disease Syndromic Surveillance?
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The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). LEEDS automatically processes electronic chief… read more -
Visualizing the Local Experience: HIV Data to Care Tool
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Recently signed in Denver, the Paris Declaration demonstrates a collective resolution to end AIDS by continually monitoring these goals. However siloed data and in/out migration results in poor capacity to track population level care indicators for… read more -
Cryptosporidium in Wild Frogs (Rana spp) Consumed by humans in Kaduna State Nigeria
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Since Cryptosporidium can be transmitted by ingestion of infected food animals and poorly treated water and by direct contact it is possible for infection to occur through ingestion of under cooked frogs and through handling and processing of… read more -
Current assessment of risks of anthrax outbreaks in Ukraine
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Anthrax is an acute especially dangerous infectious disease of animals and humans. Bacillus anthracis is a potential bioterrorism tool. In Ukraine, there are favorable natural conditions for the spread of anthrax. There are 13.5 thousand of… read more