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BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Data Flow
Content Type: Webinar
Presenters Mike Alletto and Nabarun Dasgupta will describe the process of how data are received, processed and brought forward to the front-end application in BioSense v2.0. Their presentation will include a technical overview of all of the steps… read more -
Strengthening Community Surveillance of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone
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Communities and sections that are consistently underreporting both illness and death pose a significant risk to surveillance and their efficacy is dependent upon the reporting of community structures such as government structures (primary health… read more -
Environmental Surveillance and Vaccine Derived Polio Virus type 2 Isolation, Gombe State, Nigeria.
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Nigeria is the only country in Africa yet to be certified free of Wild Polio Virus (WPV). The country consists of 36 States and a Federal Capital Territory. Gombe is one of the 19 Polio high risk States in the North-eastern geo-political zone of the… read more -
Epi Archive: Automated Synthesis of Global Notifiable Disease Data
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Government reporting of notifiable disease data is common and widespread, though most countries do not report in a machine-readable format. This is despite the WHO International Health Regulations stating that [e]ach State Party shall notify WHO, by… read more -
Epidemiological and space-time analysis of Beijing Intestinal Infectious Diseases
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Intestinal infectious diseases (IID) is a common cause of illness in the community and results in a high burden of consultations to general practice, mostly affecting the health of infants, preschool children, young adults and elderly people,… read more -
Epidemiological Distribution of Reported West Nile cases in Houston, Texas, 2014-2017
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West Nile virus (WNV) is considered the leading cause of domestically acquired arboviral disease and is spread through mosquitoes. In general, the majority of the cases are asymptomatic. One in five people infected will display mild symptoms like… read more -
Epidemiological trends of Reported Legionnaires disease in Houston, Texas, 2014-2017
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Legionellosis is a respiratory illness that is mostly (80-90%) caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. It is associated with a mild febrile illness, Pontiac fever, or Legionnaires' disease (1), a source of severe, community-acquired… read more -
Epidemiology as a Practical Resource to Examine the Hype & Deliver Reliable Messages
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It can be difficult to distinguish between truth, half-truth, fiction, and misinformation as we watch the news, read headlines, and scroll through various social media feeds. Fortunately, epidemiologists have the tools needed to serve as a practical… read more