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Tiny Footprints Embedded on Grieving Mother's Heart: Stillbirths in the Health and Demographic Surveillance System
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Stillbirth is an unfortunate event in a woman life which remains uncounted in developing countries, thus, seldom caught attention until recently. Among 3.2 million stillbirths globally, 98% occurs in LMICs with majority in South Asia, and 75% of… read moreTowards a Framework for Data Quality Properties of Indicators used in Surveillance
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Effective use of data for disease surveillance depends critically on the ability to trust and quantify the quality of source data. The Scalable Data Integration for Disease Surveillance project is developing tools to integrate and present… read moreTracking Communicable Disease Electronic Laboratory Data in New York State
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All positive laboratory tests of reportable conditions on persons residing in New York State (NYS) are mandated to be sent to the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) via ECLRS. NYS, excluding New York City (NYC), receives over 100,000 ECLRS messages… read moreTracking HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis using Syndromic Surveillance in NYC Emergency Departments
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HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) involves taking antiretroviral medication after potential exposure to HIV to reduce the probability of becoming infected. New York State recommends PEP following certain occupational (e.g., needle sticks by… read moreTransmission Dynamics of Seasonal Influenza in Abidjan: Epidemiology and Modeling
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Influenza poses a global health threat. The disease affects all ages, often with variable clinical features. Abidjan, where this study took place, has a long rainy season April-July with a shorter less intense rainy season October-November.… read moreTractable Use Cases for Collaboration in Public Health Surveillance
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The mission of the ISDS TCC is to bridge the gap between the analytic needs of public health practitioners and the expertise of researchers from other fields for the enhancement of disease surveillance, including situational awareness of chronic as… read moreTuberculosis Unseen - Missed Opportunities in Diagnosis
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Historically, patients with TB have often been diagnosed late or after death. This delay in diagnosis often occurs because TB is misdiagnosed as an alternative respiratory illness (RI), such as pneumonia . TB infected patients that are not… read moreUnintentional Drug Overdoses in Virginia: Analysis of Syndromic and Death Data
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Drug overdoses and related deaths have been escalating nationally since 1970. In Virginia, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased 36% from 5.0 to 6.8 deaths per 100,000 population between 1999 and 2010. While initiated for bioterrorism event… read more