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Surveillance for Prevention & Identification of GI Illness Outbreaks Associated with Swimming Pools
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Swimming in contaminated pools can cause gastroenteritis from water contaminated by viruses, bacteria, or parasites. Germs that cause gastroenteritis are shed in feces of infected persons, and easily spread to uninfected persons swimming in pools.… read more -
Effectiveness of the 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine: Data from US Military Dependents and US-Mexico Border Civilians
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Objective: Test of the Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS) for epi-analysis and prediction of situation in CCHF foci in Kazakhstan. Introduction: CCHF foci are reported in 3 southern regions of… read more -
Effectiveness of the 2011-12 Influenza Vaccine: Data from US Military Dependents and US-Mexico Border Civilians
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Objective: To assess effectiveness of the influenza vaccine among US military dependents and US-Mexico Border populations during the 2011-12 influenza season. Introduction: As a result of antigenic drift of the influenza viruses, the… read more -
Enabling ESSENCE to Process and Export Meaningful Use Syndromic Surveillance Data
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Objective: The objective of this project is to enable the ESSENCE system to read in, utilize, and export out meaningful use syndromic surveillance data using the Health Level 7 (HL7) v2.5 standard. This presentation will detail the technical… read more -
Assessing local risk factors of Beijing Hand-Foot- Mouth Disease in China
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Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood illness and the drivers of HFMD incidence are still not clear [1]. In mainland China, continuing and increasing HFMD epidemics have been recorded since 2008, causing millions of infections and… read more -
Enabling Syndromic Surveillance in Pakistan
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Objective: This work presents our first steps in developing a Global Real-time Infectious Disease Surveillance System (GRIDDS) employing robust and novel in-fectious disease epidemiology models with real-time inference and pre/exercise planning… read more -
Enhanced Disease Surveillance during the 2012 Republican National Convention, Tampa, FL
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Objective: To describe disease and illness surveillance utilized during the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC) held August 26-30, 2012 in Tampa, FL. Introduction: While the Tampa Bay Area has previously hosted other high profile… read more -
Occupational Related Injuries - New Jersey Department of Health
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome was created to enhance current occupational health surveillance methods. Current data sources have a lag time of at least three months and estimates are often under-reported. Employing a real-time, independent data source could enhance… read more