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ROC Curves in Public Health Surveillance: A First Step in Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Our purpose was to develop an ROC curve for public health surveillance similar to those used in diagnostic testing. We developed syndrome surveillance algorithms with differing sensitivity and specificity in detecting the seasonal influenza (ILI)… read more -
Scanning the Emerging Infectious Diseases Horizon - Visualizing ProMed Emails Using EpiSPIDER
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The Internet has created an information revolution that spans across all knowledge domains and removes temporal and geographic barriers. Various disparate tools allow individuals to communicate with each other across these barriers. We also have an… read more -
Seasonal Patterns of Gastrointestinal Illness
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Objective: To investigate seasonal patterns of gastrointestinal (GI) illness among children and adults. -
Seasonal Patterns of Respiratory Diseases: a Proxy for Influenza?
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One of the most important goals of disease surveillance is to identify the "what" and "when" of an epidemic. Influenza surveillance is made difficult by inconsistent laboratory testing, deficiencies in testing techniques, and coding… read more -
Rates and causes of stillbirth in a demographic surveillance site in Karachi, Pakistan
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Stillbirth remained a neglected issue absent from mention in Millennium Development Goals. An estimated 2.6 million babies are stillborn every year with highest rate in Pakistan, 43.1 stillbirths/1000 births. There is lack of good quality… read more -
Second Year of the Surveillance on Over-the-Counter Medication Sales Data in Japan
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To evaluate the potential of using the sales of Over the Counter (OTC) medicines for early detection of infections of public health concern, retrospective analysis of the sales of OTC common cold medications used for influenza-like illness (ILI) has… read more -
Self-Evaluation of an Electronic Disease Surveillance System Implemented in the Peruvian Army: Alerta JESAL
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This paper describes the evaluation of an electronic disease surveillance system implemented in the Peruvian Army following the 2001 CDC surveillance evaluation guidelines. -
Semantic Approach to Text Understanding of Chief Complaints Data
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Chief complaints are often represented textually and as a mixture of complex and context-dependant lexical symbols with little formal sentence structure. Although human experts usually comprehend this information in its right context intuitively and… read more