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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 -
Enhanced syndromic surveillance during the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games, 2015
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The 9th IOIG took place in Reunion Island from July 31 to August 9, 2015. This sport event gathered approximatively 1 640 athletes, 2 000 volunteers and several thousand spectators from seven islands:Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte… read more -
Ensuring confidentiality and safety of cancer registry data in Kumasi, Ghana
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Cancer registration involves collecting information on patients with cancer. Population-based cancer registries in particular are useful in estimating the disease burden and to inform the institution of prevention and control measures. Collecting… read more -
Epi Archive: automated data collection of notifiable disease data
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Most countries do not report national notifiable disease data in a machine-readable format. Data are often in the form of a file that contains text, tables and graphs summarizing weekly or monthly disease counts. This presents a problem when… read more -
EpiCore: Crowdsourcing Health Professionals to Verify Disease Outbreaks
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EpiCore draws on the knowledge of a global community of human, animal, and environmental health professionals to verify information on disease outbreaks in their geographic regions. By using innovative surveillance techniques and crowdsourcing these… read more -
Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in Georgia
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonotic, protozoal infection that is endemic in Georgia, which commonly affects young children. In recent years, the incidence of VL has increased sharply and the geographic distribution has increased. Recently, VL… read more -
Establishing a National Syndromic Surveillance System among Asylum Seekers
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Most European countries are facing a continuous increased influx of asylum seekers. Poor living conditions in crowded shelters and refugee camps increase the risk for - outbreaks of - infectious diseases in this vulnerable population. In line with… read more -
Estimating spatial patterning of dietary behaviors using grocery transaction data
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Unhealthy diet is becoming the most important preventable cause of chronic disease burden. Dietary patterns vary across neighborhoods as a function of policy, marketing, social support, economy, and the commercial food environment. Assessment of… read more