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Automated Surveillance of Outpatients with Pneumonia: A Performance Evaluation
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Effective responses to epidemics of infectious diseases hinge not only on early outbreak detection, but also on an assessment of disease severity. In recent work, we combined previously developed ARI case-detection algorithms (CDA) [1] with text… read more -
Bayesian Contact Tracing for Communicable Respiratory Disease
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The evolution of novel influenza viruses in humans is a bio- logical phenomenon that can not be stopped. All existing data suggest that vaccination against the morbidity and mortality of the novel influenza viruses is our best line of defence.… read more -
BioSense 2.0
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BioSense 2.0 protects the health of the American people by providing timely insight into the health of communities, regions, and the nation by offering a variety of features to improve data collection, standardization, storage, analysis, and… read more -
Developing a Prototype Opioid Surveillance System at a 2-Day Virginia Hackathon
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At the Governorâs Opioid Addiction Crisis Datathon in September 2017, a team of Booz Allen data scientists participated in a two-day hackathon to develop a prototype surveillance system for business users to locate areas of high risk across… read more -
Conducting operational research during outbreaks to improve preparedness and response
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Each significant outbreak and epidemic raises questions that must be answered in order to better inform future preparedness and response efforts, such as:- What are the systems and resources needed to characterize an outbreak? …
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Developing Semantically Interoperable PH Emergency Preparedness Data Exchange
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Effective prevention, detection, and rapid response to PH emergencies rely on sufficient and timely delivered information. PH EOC data flows are based on critical information requirements, addressing needs of EOC staff for timely delivered… read more -
Using a One Health Aapproach to Build an Integrated Surveillance Data System
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Environmental Public Health Zoonotic Disease surveillance includes veternary, environmental, and vector data. Surveillance systems within each sector may appear disparate from each other, although they are actually complimentaly and closely allied.… read more -
Factors associated with hospitalization due to streptococcal infection in Houston, Texas 2015-2016
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Different studies have shown that Streptococcal infections in adults are more common among older age, blacks, and underlying chronic medical conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular and kidney diseases. In specific, other studies have demonstrated… read more