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Situational Awareness of Health Events Using Social Media and the SMART Dashboard
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Numerous methods using social media for syndromic surveillance and disease tracking have been developed. Many websites use Twitter and other social media to track specific diseases or syndromes.1 Many are intended for public use and the extent… read more -
Social Media Analytics for Post-Disasters Disease Detection in the Philippines
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Previous research identifies social media as an informal source of near-real time health data that may add value to disease surveillance systems by providing broader access to health data across hard-toreach populations. This indirect health… read more -
Socio-Demographic Inequalities in HIV Testing and Prevalence Among Older Adults in Rural Tanzania, 2013
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Like in other African countries, most HIV research in Tanzania focuses on adults 15-49 years, ignoring persons aged 50 years and above. In Tanzania, the HIV testing rate (ever tested) for 15 - 49 year olds has increased from 37% to 62% for women and… read more -
Somebody’s Poisoned the Waterhole: ASPCA Poison Control Center Data to Identify Animal Health Risks
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The APCC hotline fields daily calls regarding potential animal intoxications from the US, its territories, and Canada. We explored the value of these data for identifying increased occurrences of intoxications related to livestock and poultry… read more -
Surveillance for Lyme Disease in Canada, 2009-2012
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LD, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi in North America is transmitted to humans from wild animal reservoir hosts by Ixodes spp. ticks1 in their woodland habitats2. LD risk in Canada occurs where tick vectors are established in southern British Columbia… read more -
Surveillance for Mass Gatherings: Super Bowl XLIX in Maricopa County, Arizona, 2015
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Super Bowl XLIX took place on February 1st, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. In preparation for this large scale public event and related activities, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) developed methods for enhanced surveillance,… read more -
Three Years of Population-Based Cancer Registration in Kumasi: Providing Evidence for Population-Based Cancer Surveillance in Ghana
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Cancer Registration is the systematic collection of data on cancers and the use of such information for action. Population-based cancer registration is not common practice in developing countries. Ghana has had no population-based cancer registry… read more -
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, Coxiella burnetii & Brucella spp. in Milk, Kazakhstan
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Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii, and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) are believed to be enzootic in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and pose a particular public health risk due to their transmissibility in unpasteurized milk and dairy products. We… read more