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Animal Surveillance: Use of Animal Health Data to Improve Global Disease Surveillance
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Since the majority of emerging infectious diseases over the past several decades have been zoonotic, animal health surveillance is now recognized as a key element in predicting public health risks. Surveillance of animal populations can provide… read more -
Antibody Prevalence to Influenza Type A in Wild Boars of Northern Ukraine
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Domestic swine have been viewed as important for the adaptation and spillover of IA from birds into human populations as they are sensitive to both avian and mammalian (including human) influenza viruses [1]. However, in much of Eurasia and North… read more -
Lead Poisoning Surveillance: A Collaborative Effort between Epidemiology and WIC
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There is no safe level of lead in the body, and elevated lead in children can lead to decreased Intelligence Quotients (IQ) and behavioral problems. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends lead testing of children with a positive risk… read more -
Leveraging the Niche of Open Data for Disease Surveillance and Health Education
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Transparency of information on infectious disease epidemics is crucial for not only public health workers but also the residents in the communities. Traditionally, disease control departments created official websites for displaying disease maps or… read more -
Malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment strategies in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Malaria is a preventable disease but 3.4 billion people at risk globally with 207 million cases and 627 deaths reported in 2013. Africa accounts for 80% of cases and 90% of all malaria deaths. Nigeria accounts for 25% of malaria burden in Africa.… read more -
Mapping Laboratory Reports to Illinois’ Extensively Drug-Resistant Organism Registry
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CRE are drug-resistant bacteria that have a mortality rate of up to 50% in those infected. Several clusters of CRE have been detected in Illinois, often in long-term acute care hospitals. In response, Illinois created the XDRO registry, a mandatory… read more -
Quality of Data Used for Syndromic Surveillance
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Nearly all of the myriad activities (or use cases) in clinical and public health (e.g., patient care, surveillance, community health assessment, policy) involve generating, collecting, storing, analyzing, or sharing data about individual patients or… read more -
MERS PUI Surveillance and Restrospective Identification in ESSENCE-FL, 2013-2015
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Human MERS-CoV was first reported in September 2012. Globally, all reported cases have been linked through travel to or residence in the Arabian Peninsula with the exception of cases associated with an outbreak involving multiple health care… read more