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Towards Self Validation: Progress and Roadmap for Automating the Validation of BioSense Partner Facilities
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One of the greatest hurdles for BioSense Onboarding is the process of validating data received to ensure it contains Data Elements of Interest (DEOI) needed for syndromic surveillance. Efforts to automate this process are critical to meet existing… read more -
Surveillance Strategies During Low Ebola Transmission in a District in Sierra Leone
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Port Loko District has had over 1400 confirmed EVD cases during this outbreak. However, transmission declined rapidly in early 2015; by mid-April, a few weeks had passed with no known cases. Simultaneously, reporting of sick persons had plummeted… read more -
Surveillance Systems that Include Deprivation Indices & Social Determinants of Health
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In 2012, Canada and other World Health Organization Member States endorsed the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, a global commitment to address health inequities by acting on the social, economic, environmental, and other… read more -
Susceptibility Profile of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Based on ELR
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Since November 2014, the Houston Health Department has been receiving antimicrobial resistance information for Streptococcus pneumoniae from a safety net hospital via electronic laboratory reporting (ELR). Antimicrobial characteristics and… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Evaluation of Influenza Activity in At-Risk Sub-Populations
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Near real-time emergency department chief complaint data is accessed through Florida’s syndromic surveillance system: Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Communitybased Epidemics-Florida (ESSENCE-FL). The Florida Department… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Department Visits for the 2015 Special Olympics
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LAC hosted the 2015 Special Olympics (SO) which welcomed approximately 6,500 athletes from 165 countries, as well as 30,000 volunteers and 500,000 spectators from July 25 to August 2, 2015. International athletes were not required to show proof of… read more -
Detecting Overlapping Outbreaks of Influenza
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Influenza is a contagious disease that causes epidemics in many parts of the world. The World Health Organization estimates that influenza causes three to five million severe illnesses each year and 250,000-500,000 deaths. Predicting and… read more -
Detection of brucellosis through active surveillance, Armenia, 2014
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Brucellosis is a serious disease caused by bacteria of the Brucella genus. It principally affects ruminants but may be transmitted to humans. Registration of cases in cattle farms causes considerable economic losses and creates favorable conditions… read more