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Predicting virologically confirmed influenza using school absences in PA
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School-based influenza surveillance has been considered for real-time monitoring of influenza, as children 5-17 years old play an important role in community-level transmission. Objective To determine if all-cause and cause-… read more -
Progress towards rabies elimination from Pemba Island, Southern Tanzania
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Rabies is endemic in Tanzania and has circulated on Pemba Island since the late 1990s. In 2010, an elimination programme was initiated in Southern Tanzania to demonstrate that human rabies deaths can be eliminated through mass dog vaccinations. We… read more -
Public Health Surveillance Strengthening in the Kingdom of Swaziland
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In the Kingdom of Swaziland, a baseline assessment found that multiple functional units within the Ministry of Health (MoH) perform PHS activities. There is limited data sharing and coordination between units; roles and responsibilities are unclear… read more -
Rabies Vaccination Coverage and Antibody Profile of Owned Dogs in Abuja, Nigeria
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Rabies is a zoonotic disease of high public health importance. There have been documented reports of rabies in vaccinated dogs. Rabies is enzootic in domestic dogs in Nigeria. Hence, annual vaccination campaigns of dogs are advocated with the aim of… read more -
Development of Syndrome Definitions for Acute Unintentional Drug and Heroin Overdose
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Nationally, deaths due to opioid overdose have continually increased for the past 15 years . Deaths specifically related to heroin increased more than four-fold between 2002 and 2014. Hospital inpatient discharge data provide information on non… read more -
Early effect of validation efforts of Massachusetts syndromic surveillance data
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As a participant in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has worked closely with our statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) and National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP)… read more -
Elaboration of diagnostic means for detection antibodies to Newcastle disease virus
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Newcastle disease (ND) is the most important infectious viral disease of poultry. The world-wide economic loss from it is 2-3 billion USD per year. ND is reportable to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). ND is caused by virulent strains… read more -
Electronic Case Reporting of STIs: Assessing EHR Generated CCDs
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Under the CDC STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Part B grant, WA DOH is testing electronic case reporting (eCR) of sexually transmitted infections (STI) from a clinical partner. Objective We reviewed CCDs (a type of consolidated… read more