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Informing U.S. Federal Public Health Preparation for Emerging Virus Pandemic Threats at Ports of Entry
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The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) has the responsibility to integrate, analyze, and share the nationÃs biosurveillance information provided from capabilities distributed across the public and private sectors. The integration of… read more -
Innovations in Population Health Surveillance Using Electronic Health Record Data
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EHRs are increasingly being adopted to improve quality of care in health care systems, but they also have potential to monitor health at the population level. There has been relatively little focus on using EHRs for population health surveillance… read more -
Inventory of Epidemiological Data Sources in Preparation of a Joint Analysis of Zoonotic Disease Information
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For the surveillance of zoonoses a vast amount of digital data is routinely being collected on three sectors, humans, animals and food. Depending on the origin and the purpose of the data collection, this information is stored in different databases… read more -
Leveraging Public Health Emergency Informatics during the Fungal Infections Outbreak, Tennessee - 2012
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Late in September 2012, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) identified a cluster of fungal infections following epidural injection of methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) from a single compounding pharmacy. This presented a public health imperative… read more -
Meeting Mandatory Infectious Disease Reporting Requirements: The Department of Veterans Affairsà Plan
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There are currently no federal laws mandating the reporting of infectious diseases to public health authorities. Reporting requirements reside at the state level and such laws do not apply to federal agencies including the VA. Heretofore, VA's… read more -
Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is preventable, yet it remains a leading cause of poisoning in the United States. An effective surveillance system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or… read more -
Modeling of Hepatitis B Epidemic Process by the Risk Factors Analysis
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Viral hepatitis is a global public health problem affecting millions of people every year, causing disability and death [1].The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through the contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person. For… read more -
Monitoring Risk Among Injection Drug Users in New Orleans - Findings from New Orleans National HIV Behavioral Surveillance 2005-2012
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Local data focused on the injection drug using (IDU) population was analyzed using representative samples from three years, 2005, 2009, and 2012, to garner an understanding of high-risk behavior associated with disease transmission. … read more