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Evaluating Syndromic Surveillance Systems
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While results from syndromic surveillance systems are commonly presented in the literature, few systems appear to have been thoroughly evaluated to examine which events can and cannot be detected, the time to detection and the efficacy of different… read more -
Tracking harmful chemicals and pathogens using the Human Health Observatory at ASU
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Sewerage systems of villages, townships, cities and megacities convey the urine, stool, blood, and sputum of community members, enabling through analysis of community wastewater, a near real-time assessment of population health status and of… read more -
Trend analysis in hepatitis C testing, OptumLabsî Data Warehouse, 2011âÂÂ2017
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common blood-borne disease in the US and the leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. Approximately 3.5 million individuals in the US were estimated to be living with HCV in 2010 and… read more -
Trends in Injection Opioid Use and Bloodborne Pathogen Related Diseases in New Jersey
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When the opioid epidemic began in the early 1990s, pills such as oxycodone were the primary means of abuse. Beginning in 2010, injection use of, first, heroin and then synthetic opioids dramatically increased, which led the number of overdose deaths… read more -
Trends in Suspected Opioid Overdoses from Emergency Departments in 11 States and DC
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Recent reporting using data from CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program indicates that rates of emergency department (ED) visits involving suspected opioid overdoses increased by 70% in the Midwest from the third quarter (Q3) 2016 (July-… read more -
Twitter: a complementary tool to monitor seasonal influenza epidemic in France?
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Social media as Twitter are used today by people to disseminate health information but also to share or exchange on their health. Based on this observation, recent studies showed that Twitter data can be used to monitor trends of infectious diseases… read more -
Understanding Socio-Cultural Factors related to Obesity: Sentiment Analysis on related Tweets
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Obesity can lead to the death of at least 2.8 million people each year1, yet the rate of obesity around the world has continuously increased over the past 30 years1. Societal changes, including increased food consumption and decreased physical… read more -
University-Community Partnership to Enhance Public Health Communication
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A Case of Effective Community-Based Collaborations For this case, the Visual Integration of Science through Art (VISTA) at Louisiana Tech University (Tech) partnered with the non-profit Lincoln Health Foundation to produce image-intensive… read more