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Epidemiology of Gunshot-Related Injuries in NYC Emergency Departments from 2004-2014
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Syndromic surveillance has demonstrated utility for situational awareness for non-infectious conditions, including tracking and monitoring gun-related violence and homicides. While New York State reports an overall decrease in gun-related crimes, in… read more -
Establishing a Plan of Action Implementing Integrated Disease Surveillance in Sudan
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Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a strategy conceived and adopted by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa in 1998. The goal of IDSR is to support PHSS in Africa and enhance efficiency and communication… read more -
AZ BioSense Onboarding Presentation
Content Type: Presentation Slides
These slides detail the process of onboarding syndromic surveillance data into BioSense for the state of Arizona. -
Establishing an epidemiosurveillance centre in a resource-constrained setting: A Zambian experience
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Livestock diseases in most developing countries are often widely distributed. The wide distribution of diseases often renders whole countries ineligible to participate in international trade of meat and meat products. These trade restrictions serve… read more -
Establishing Prospective Road Traffic Injury Surveillance in India: Challenges and Solutions
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Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) disproportionately bear the high burden of injuries, with 90% of all deaths due to injury occurring in these countries. In India, data on pre-hospital care of the injured is either absent or incomplete. The… read more -
Evaluating Ascertainment of Hepatitis C Cases and Deaths by Electronically Linking Surveillance and Vital Statistics Data in Utah
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While HCV infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States, deaths due to HCV may not be detected well in Utah’s surveillance system. New interferon-free drugs for HCV can result in virologic cure with limited… read more -
Evaluating Cost and Performance for Improved Meningitis Disease Surveillance in Chad
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The costs of addressing specific needs to improve surveillance systems in sub-Saharan Africa are often unknown. For centuries meningococcal meningitis epidemics have occurred every few years in the Sahelian and sub-sahel regions of Africa also… read more -
Evaluating the Utility of HealthMap as a Supplementary Surveillance Tool
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HealthMap collects and aggregates information from online sources to generate outbreak alerts based on disease and geographic location. This project will assess the timeliness and sensitivity of HealthMap based on outbreak posts from EpiCom, the… read more