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From Ebola to Heroin; the Use of EMS Data for Near Real Time Alerting and Surviellance
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Arguably the two most significant public health issues over the past two years have been the outbreak of ebola in West Africa and the rising epidemic of heroin use and overdoses. In the case of Ebola, the CDC issued guidance for inpatient facilities… read more -
Global Disease Monitoring and Forecasting with Wikipedia
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Infectious disease remains costly in human and economic terms. Effective and timely disease surveillance is a critical component of prevention and mitigation strategies. The limitations of traditional disease surveillance systems have motivated new… read more -
Highway Emergency Response and Accident Mitigation Service (HERAM) – A Field Report
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The increasing frequency and severity of Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) in India have caused grave concern for road safety, posing serious challenge to transport policy makers, planners, regulators, police, engineers and civil society alike. With just… read more -
HIT Conformance Testing: Advancing Syndromic Surveillance System Interoperability
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Speed, reliability, and uniformity of data collection enable syndromic surveillance (SyS) systems to provide public health authorities (PHAs) with timely information about community health threats and trends. Increasingly, healthcare information… read more -
Evaluation of Point of Need Diagnostic Tests for Use in California Influenza Outbreaks
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Each year several thousands contract the seasonal flu, and it is estimated that these viruses are responsible for the deaths of over six thousand individuals [1]. Further, when a new strain is detected (e.g. 2009), the result can be substantially… read more -
Evaluation of the Measles Case-Based Surveillance System in Kaduna State (2010-2012)
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In Africa, approximately 13 million cases of measles and 650,000 deaths occur annually, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest morbidity and mortality (1). Measles infection is endemic in Nigeria and has been documented to occur all year round… read more -
Evaluation of the Michigan Disease Surveillance System for Histoplasmosis Reporting
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Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum. Fungal spores are found in the soil, mostly associated with bird and bat droppings, and if inhaled can cause lung infection. Histoplasmosis is a reportable… read more -
Evaluation of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (Measles and Diphtheria) Surveillance System - Delhi, India, 2013
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The vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) of measles and diphtheria in India were responsible for 47% of global measles mortality and 20% of global diphtheria mortality in 2010. We evaluated the VPD surveillance system of Delhi, focusing on measles… read more