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Monitoring Influenza Activity Using the BioSense System, 2003-2005
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One of the standard approaches to public health surveillance for influenza is to monitor the percent of visits to about 2000 sentinel physicians for influenza-like illness (%ILI; fever plus cough or sore throat). The BioSense System currently… read moreMonitoring Pharmacy Retail Data for Anomalous Space-Time Clusters
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Bio-surveillance systems monitor multiple data streams (over-the-counter (OTC) sales, Emergency Department visits, etc.) to detect both natural disease outbreaks (e.g. influenza) and bio-terrorist attacks (e.g. anthrax re-lease). Many detection… read moreMonitoring Spatial Patterns of Adverse Drug Events and Morbidity in New York City Using Syndromic Data Streams
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Drug-related deaths have increased over the past decade throughout the United States. In New York City (NYC), every year there are approximately 900 psychoactive drug-related fatalities with the majority involving opioids.… read moreSpecial Literature Review: 2014 Awards for Outstanding Research Articles in Biosurveillance Finalists
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ISDS Members are invited to vote for the winners of the 2014 Awards for Outstanding Research Articles from Tuesday, July 29 - Thursday, August 14. This special literature review will highlight each of the … read moreA Novel Application of Surveillance Algorithms in Childhood Immunization Program Monitoring
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In this paper we investigate the use of the CUSUM algorithm on retrospective MMR and Pentacel (DTaP-IPV-Hib) immunization data to determine if this type of surveillance tool is useful for measuring changes in immunization rates.A Novel Application of Syndromic Methods of Monitor Temporal Changes in the Specificity of an Oral HIV Test
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To apply syndromic techniques in assessing whether the false-positive rate (FP rate) of a rapid oral HIV test, routinely used for screening in New York CityÃs STD clinics, deviated from the manufacturerÃs claim; results of which have important… read moreA Novel Approach to Using Chief Complaint-Driven Syndromic Surveillance: Use of CDC's EARS-X by Hospital Infection Control Practitioners
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Syndromic surveillance has traditionally been used by public health to supplement mandatory disease reporting. The use of chief complaints as a data source is common for early event detection. Though some public health syndromic surveillance systems… read moreA Novel, Context-Sensitive Approach to Anonymizing Spatial Surveillance Data: Impact on Outbreak Detection
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The use of spatially-based methods and algorithms in epidemiology and surveillance presents privacy challenges for researchers and public health agencies. We describe a novel method for anonymizing individuals in public health datasets, by… read more