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The Surveillance Window - Contextualizing Data Streams
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Los Alamos National Laboratory has been funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to determine the relevance of data streams for an integrated global biosurveillance system. We used a novel method of evaluating the effectiveness of data streams… read more -
Multiagent Simulation of the Hepatitis B Epidemic Process
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The standard approaches to simulation include solving of differential equation systems. Such approach is good for obtaining general picture of epidemics (1, 2). When the detailed analysis of epidemics reasons is needed such model becomes… read more -
Multiple Source Spatial Cluster Detection Through Multicriteria Analysis
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Multiple data sources are essential to provide reliable information regarding the emergence of potential health threats, compared to single source methods [1,2]. Spatial Scan Statistics have been adapted to analyze multivariate data sources [1]. In… read more -
National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness
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The National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness (NCB-Prepared) was established in 2010 to create a biosurveillance resource to enhance situational awareness and emergency preparedness. This jointinstitutional effort has drawn on expertise from the… read more -
New Strategy and Innovative Projects at the National Biosurveillance Integration Center
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For a number of years, the federal government has provided biosurveillance in various domains within different departments and agencies. Congress recognized the need for a means of integrating these separate information sources into a more useable… read more -
New Strategy to Monitor and Assess Laboratory Biosafety Programs
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Laboratory biosafety – a component of biosecurity – has specific elements that together, comprise a facility’s capability to both protect employees and the surrounding public and environment. Measuring these elements permits assessment and the… read more -
Nontraumatic Oral Health Classification for Alternative Use of Syndromic Data
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Lack of access to regular dental care often results in costly, oral health visits to EDs that could otherwise have been prevented or managed by a dentist (1). Most studies on oral health-related visits to EDs have used a wide range of… read more -
Novel Emergency Department High Utilizer Surveillance In New Hampshire
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Researchers have demonstrated benefits to identifying and developing interventions for patients that frequently seek healthcare services in the ED. The New Yorker Magazine, recently published an article titled The Hot Spotters, summarizing work… read more