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Mortality Associated with Heat Wave of 2010 and Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan
Content Type: Webinar
Ahmedabad, India was hit by a heat wave marked by record-breaking maximum temperatures in May 2010. This heat wave resulted in an excess of 1,344 deaths relative to May 2009 and May 2011-a 43% increase in mortality. Out of concern for future heat… read more -
Making health measurable IHME and the Global Burden of Disease
Content Type: Webinar
Overview of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Presenter William Heisel, Director of Global Engagement, IHME read more -
Defining and Applying a Method for Establishing Gold Standard Sets of Emergency Room Visit Data
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The goal of this paper is to describe a methodology used to create a gold standard set of emergency department (ED) data that can subsequently be used to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of syndrome definitions. -
Defining Clinical Condition Categories for Biosurveillance
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The goal of this project is to create a set of clinical condition categories based on explicit criteria for use in biosurveillance programs. The categories will be defined and keywords and ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for implementation will be proposed. -
Delineating Spatial Clusters with Artificial Neural Networks
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Multiple or irregularly shaped spatial clusters are often found in disease or syndromic surveillance maps. We develop a novel method to delineate the contours of spatial clusters, especially when there is not a clearly dominating primary cluster,… read more -
Design of Web-Based Detectability Evaluation Software that Interfaces with a Syndromic Surveillance System
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To design detectability evaluation software that interfaces with the Realtime Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) System. -
Designing Epidemiological Networks for Real-world Surveillance Settings
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This paper describes the syndromic networks paradigm and its application to various surveillance settings. -
Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Georgia
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonotic, protozoal infection that is endemic in Georgia, which commonly affects young children. In recent years, the incidence of VL has increased sharply and the geographic distribution has increased. Recently, VL… read more