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Monitoring of Anthrax Prevalence in Georgia 2009-2017
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Anthrax is an acute infectious disease of historical importance caused by Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis), a spore-forming, soil-borne bacterium with a remarkable ability to persist in the environment. Anthrax is endemic in many countries,… read more -
Monitoring Sexual Violence Visits in Emergency Department Data to Improve Public Health
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Although sexual violence is a pressing public health and safety issue, it has historically been challenging to monitor population trends with precision. Approximately 31% of incidents of sexual violence are reported to law enforcement and only 5%… read more -
Monitoring suicide-related events using National Syndromic Surveillance Program data
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Suicide is a growing public health problem in the United States. From 2001 to 2016, ED visit rates for nonfatal self-harm, a common risk factor for suicide, increased 42%. To improve public health surveillance of suicide-related problems,… read more -
Multidimensional Semantic Scan for Pre-Syndromic Disease Surveillance
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An interdisciplinary team convened by ISDS to translate public health use-case needs into well-defined technical problems recently identified the need for new pre-syndromic surveillance methods that do not rely on existing syndromes or pre-defined… read more -
Multimorbidity Network Surveillance: Chronic Disease Clusters and Social Disparities
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Chronic diseases impose heavy burdens onhealth systems, economies, andsocieties (1). Half of all Americans live with at least one of the chronic conditions and more than 75% of health care cost is associated with people with chronic diseases (2).… read more -
National Surveillance for Health-Related Workplace Absenteeism, United States 2017-18
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During an influenza pandemic, when hospitals and doctors' offices are or are perceived to be overwhelmed, many ill people may not seek medical care. People may also avoid medical facilities due to fear of contracting influenza or transmitting it to… read more -
Neonatal tetanus surveillance in Bayelsa state of Nigeria: a five-year review
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Neonatal tetanus (NT) though a preventable disease, remains a disturbing cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality particularly in low income countries where maternal and child care are substandard and antitetanus immunization coverage is still poor… read more -
Data Sharing Across Jurisdictions Using ESSENCE Federated Queries
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There are currently over 25 installations of ESSENCE across the US. Among these, there are 3 instances of multi-jurisdictional implementations. These include a centralized regional system in the National Capital Region for MD, DC, and VA, a Missouri… read more