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Challenges in Surveillance for Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) Infection
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CHIKV is transmitted by mosquitoes and often occurs in large outbreaks with high attack rates. Common symptoms (which can be severe and disabling) include fever, joint pain/swelling, headache, muscle pain and rash. In December 2013, the World Health… read more -
ChatterGrabber: A Lightweight Easy to Use Social Media Surveillance Toolkit
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Despite numerous successes in using social media to detect food borne illness and to predict influenza trends, the use of social media as a public health tool has yet to gain widespread adoption. While social media data cannot directly diagnose… read more -
Chikungunya Epidemic in the French Overseas Territories using Syndromic Surveillance
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In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. Starting on the Saint-Martin island, the epidemic of chikungunya spread in Martinique on December 2013. The first cases were then observed in Guadeloupe in… read more -
Childhood Injury in Wake County, NC: Local Use of Public Health Surveillance Data
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A local foundation commissioned a project to determine the leading causes of childhood injury in Wake County, NC. Multiple sources of secondary data, including syndromic surveillance data, were used to describe leading causes of childhood injury in… read more -
Cholera Public Health Surveillance System in Cameroon
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Effective infectious disease public health surveillance systems are often lacking in resource poor settings. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) put forword recommnded standards for public health surveillence.[1] Following the… read more -
Hospital Readmissions Among the Homeless Population in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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It is estimated that there are 1.7 million homeless individuals in the United States; 36% are families with children under the age of 18. Due to lack of resources, homeless individuals frequent emergency departments for immediate health care needs.… read more -
How to Effectively Validate an HL7 Syndromic Surveillance Interface
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Current local, state, and national initiatives related to meaningful use and the modernization of electronic health records, and the growing availability of electronic information exchanges, have become important drivers to establishing syndromic… read more -
Identifying Depression-Related Tweets from Twitter for Public Health Monitoring
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Major depressive disorder has a lifetime prevalence of 16.6% in the United States. Social media platforms – e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Reddit – are potential resources for better understanding and monitoring population-level mental health status over… read more