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Agent-based investigation of sexually transmitted infection
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Every year nearly 12 million new cases of syphilis in the world are registered. Currently, in many countries of the world the stabilization or even reduction of the incidence of syphilis is marked, but this does not apply to Ukraine. The current… read more -
Assessing the distribution and drivers of vaccine hesitancy using medical claims data
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In the United States, surveillance of vaccine uptake for childhood infections is limited in scope and spatial resolution. The National Immunization Survey (NIS) - the gold standard tool for monitoring vaccine uptake among children aged 19-35 months… read more -
Builiding Methods for a Proactive Prescription Drug Surveillance System
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are operating in 49 states and several U.S. territories. Current methods for surveillance of prescription drug related behaviors, include the mean daily dosage of morphine milligram equivalent (MME) per… read more -
Burden and deaths associated with vaccine preventable diseases in Canada, 2010-2014
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Vaccination is one of the most successful public health interventions. Despite this, there are a variety of reasons that VPDs continue to be seen in developed countries such as Canada. This analysis describes the recent trends in the burden of… read more -
2016 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference New Frontiers in Surveillance: Data Science and Health Security
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The International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) held its fifteenth annual conference in Atlanta, GA, from December 6-8, 2016. Since 2001, individuals interested in sharing and learning emerging trends in surveillance research and practice… read more -
A Novel Hotel-based Syndromic Surveillance System for the Caribbean Region
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To describe the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA) Tourism and Health Information System (THiS), a web-based syndromic surveillance system to increase the capacity of Caribbean countries to monitor the health of visitors and staff in hotels,… read more -
Denver County Clostridium difficile Trends and Associated Risk Factors 2011-2013
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Clostridium difficile (CD), a gram-negative, anaerobic, sporeforming bacterium causes symptoms ranging from mild to severe diarrhea and may result in death. Approximately 75% of CDI cases have symptom onset outside of health care settings.… read more -
Classification and Capture of Work-Related Non-Fatal Injuries Through a Real-Time Syndromic Surveillance System
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Syndromic surveillance has been used by state agencies to collect real-time information on disease outbreaks but has not been used to collect data in the occupational setting. Therefore, OHS staff has begun evaluating a real-time surveillance tool… read more