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Regional Syndromic Surveillance Data Sharing Workshops: Process and Early Outcomes
Content Type: Abstract
Sharing public health (PH) data and practices among PH authorities enhances epidemiological capacities and expands situational awareness at multiple levels. Ease of data sharing through the BioSense application, now part of the National Syndromic… read more -
Resolving Disconnected Patient Records to Support Patient Care and Population Health
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Population health relies on tracking patients through a continuum of care with data from disparate sources. An assumption is made that all records of a patient from all the sources are connected. As was realized during the process of… read more -
Role of Animal Identification and Registration in Anthrax Surveillance
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Anthrax is a globally distributed zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a soil-borne, Gram-positive, spore forming bacteria. Bacillus anthracis can infect people who slaughter or eat animals that are infected. Recent reports indicate the… read more -
Role of Influenza in ED Visits and Hospitalizations of Adults Over 65 Years in France
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While the link between excess winter mortality and winter respiratory diseases in the elderly is well described, the impact of the epidemic of influenza in the elderly is mainly assessed in France through specific surveillance in the general… read more -
Promoting the One Health Approach to prevent wildlife-borne zoonotic diseases in Bolivia – Yellow fever outbreak case study
Content Type: Case Study
Immediate detection and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks in animals are valuable strategies to prevent infections in humans. Detection and early warning of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers,… read more -
SAVSNET: Collating Veterinary Electronic Health Records for Research and Surveillance
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Statutory veterinary disease surveillance generally focuses on food animals with only minimal resources committed to companion animals. However, the close contact between owners and pets suggests that disease surveillance in these species could… read more -
Secondary Data Analysis of HIV/AIDS Control Programme Data, Enugu State, (2010-2013)
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As of 2012, 3,400 000 million people (all ages) are living with HIV in Nigeria. The estimated new HIV infections is 260,000 and estimated AIDS death is 240,000.The reported number of adults on ART(Anti-retroviral treatment) was 459,465 and the ART… read more -
Sensitivity and Specificity of the Fever Syndromes in BioSense and ESSENCE
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Syndromic surveillance refers to the monitoring of disease related events, sets of clinical features (i.e. syndromes), or other indicators in a population. Tennessee obtains emergency department data for syndromic surveillance in standardized HL7… read more