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Geo-based Social Media Analytics and SMART Dashboard for Tracking Influenza Outbreaks
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Active surveillance for influenza is a useful but costly endeavor. In recent years infoveillance tools have been developed to track and analyze data available on the Internet and social media (Eysenbach 2011). While infoveillance tools have been… read more -
Surveillance for Lyme Disease in Canada, 2009-2012
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LD, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi in North America is transmitted to humans from wild animal reservoir hosts by Ixodes spp. ticks1 in their woodland habitats2. LD risk in Canada occurs where tick vectors are established in southern British Columbia… read more -
Surveillance for Mass Gatherings: Super Bowl XLIX in Maricopa County, Arizona, 2015
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Super Bowl XLIX took place on February 1st, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. In preparation for this large scale public event and related activities, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) developed methods for enhanced surveillance,… read more -
Surveillance of Anthrax Foci Across Pipeline Constructions in Georgia, 2003-2014
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Anthrax is a widely distributed endemic infection in Georgia, affecting nearly the entire country. Many of the human cases that are annually registered are agriculturally acquired. Anthrax remains a public health risk due to active, resistant soil… read more -
Syndromic Surveillance Climate and Health Guidance Document
Content Type: Report
In general, data from public health surveillance can be used for short- and long-term planning and response through retrospective data analysis of trends over time or specific events. Combining health outcome data (e.g., hospitalizations or deaths)… read more -
Three Years of Population-Based Cancer Registration in Kumasi: Providing Evidence for Population-Based Cancer Surveillance in Ghana
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Cancer Registration is the systematic collection of data on cancers and the use of such information for action. Population-based cancer registration is not common practice in developing countries. Ghana has had no population-based cancer registry… read more -
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, Coxiella burnetii & Brucella spp. in Milk, Kazakhstan
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Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii, and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) are believed to be enzootic in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and pose a particular public health risk due to their transmissibility in unpasteurized milk and dairy products. We… read more -
Towards Automated Risk-Factor Surveillance: Using Digital Grocery Purchasing Data to Measure Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Impact of In-Store Price Discounts on Dietary Choice
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Obesity and related chronic diseases cost Canadians several billion dollars annually. Dietary intake, and in particular consumption of carbonated sweetened drinks (soda), has a strong effect on the incidence of obesity and other illness. Marketing… read more