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Effectiveness of the 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine: Data from US Military Dependents and US-Mexico Border Civilians
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Objective: To assess effectiveness of the influenza vaccine among US military dependents and US-Mexico Border populations during the 2011-12 influenza season. Introduction: As a result of antigenic drift of the influenza viruses, the… read more -
Enabling ESSENCE to Process and Export Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data
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Objective: The objective of this project is to enable the ESSENCE system to read in, utilize, and export out meaningful use syndromic surveillance data using the Health Level 7 (HL7) v2.5 standard. This presentation will detail the technical… read more -
Assessing local risk factors of Beijing Hand-Foot- Mouth Disease in China
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Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood illness and the drivers of HFMD incidence are still not clear [1]. In mainland China, continuing and increasing HFMD epidemics have been recorded since 2008, causing millions of infections and… read more -
Enabling Syndromic Surveillance in Pakistan
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Objective: This work presents our first steps in developing a Global Real-time Infectious Disease Surveillance System (GRIDDS) employing robust and novel in-fectious disease epidemiology models with real-time inference and pre/exercise planning… read more -
Enhanced Disease Surveillance during the 2012 Republican National Convention, Tampa, FL
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Objective: To describe disease and illness surveillance utilized during the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC) held August 26-30, 2012 in Tampa, FL. Introduction: While the Tampa Bay Area has previously hosted other high profile… read more -
Defining Public Health Situation Awareness - Outcomes and Metrics for Evaluation
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A decade ago, the primary objective of syndromic surveillance was bioterrorism and outbreak early event detection (EED. Syndromic systems for EED focused on rapid, automated data collection, processing and statistical anomaly detection of indicators… read more -
Detecting Changes in Chief Complaint Word Count: Effects on Syndromic Surveillance
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The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) receives daily ED data from 49 of NYC’s 52 hospitals, representing approximately 95% of ED visits citywide. Chief complaint (CC) is categorized into syndrome groupings using… read more -
Detecting the Determinants of Health in Social Media
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The explosive use of social media sites presents a unique opportunity for developing alternative methods for understanding the health of the public. The near ubiquity of smartphones has further increased the volume and resolution of data that is… read more