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  • Why You Should Participate in HHS (Health and Human Services) Regional Epi Groups

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    One of the early successes for the National Syndromic Surveillance Program'™s (NSSP'™s) BioSense Platform was community agreement on what should make up national and regional picture of the data. For NSSP to meet program objectives, National level… read more
    … HHS Region level data that can provide insight into what may be happening around the country. Epidemiologists can … HHS Region level data that can provide insight into what may be happening around the country. Epidemiologists can …
  • Identifying Key Transmission Route of Avian Influenza A(H9N2) in Live Poultry Markets

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    Live poultry markets (LPMs) continue to operate in many Asian countries. Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses are often endemic in the poultry, and LPM presents the opportunity for human-poultry interactions and potential human infections… read more
    … contamination in the wild, but transmissibility may even be higher due to the dense environment. The use of … contamination in the wild, but transmissibility may even be higher due to the dense environment. The use of …
  • Estimation of Influenza Incidence by Age in the 2011/12 Seasons in Japan using SASSy

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    So as to develop more effective countermeasures against influenza, timely and precise information about influenza activity at schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools may be helpful. At the Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center of the National… read more
    … activity at schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools may be helpful. At the Infectious Diseases Surveillance … activity at schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools may be helpful. At the Infectious Diseases Surveillance …
  • Using Change Point Detection for Monitoring the Quality of Aggregate Data

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    Data consisting of counts or indicators aggregated from multiple sources pose particular problems for data quality monitoring when the users of the aggregate data are blind to the individual sources. This arises when agencies wish to share data but… read more
    … process then the quality of the aggregate data may be compromised. This situation arose in the Distribute … process then the quality of the aggregate data may be compromised. This situation arose in the Distribute …
  • Biosurveillance Adaptable Framework for Teaming, Exploration and Reuse (BioAFTER)

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    Next-generation software environments for disease surveillance will need to have several important characteristics, among which are collaboration and search and discovery features, access to various data sets, and a variety of analytic methods.… read more
    … bring in data and methods unique to that situation that may not be easily anticipated a priori. The most common … bring in data and methods unique to that situation that may not be easily anticipated a priori. The most common …
  • Morbidity surveillance and treatment of MDR-TB with the support of NGOs in Ukraine

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    The global strategy for eliminating tuberculosis (TB) epidemic "End TB" has been implemented in the world since 2016. Its main goal is to reduce the 2015 TB incidence rate by 90% and 2015 TB mortality rate by 95% by 2035. In Ukraine, in 2016, the… read more
    … Oblast, respectively. Such results in the Donetsk region may be related to the beginning of hostilities in eastern … Oblast, respectively. Such results in the Donetsk region may be related to the beginning of hostilities in eastern …
  • Utility of Nontraditional Data Sources for Early Detection of Influenza

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     Influenza surveillance is conducted through a complex network of laboratory and epidemiologic systems essential for estimating population burden of disease, selecting influenza vaccine viruses, and detecting novel influenza viruses with… read more
    … additional components that provide morbidity information may enhance current influenza surveillance. School-aged … additional components that provide morbidity information may enhance current influenza surveillance. School-aged …
  • Conducting operational research during outbreaks to improve preparedness and response

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    Each significant outbreak and epidemic raises questions that must be answered in order to better inform future preparedness and response efforts, such as:
    • What are the systems and resources needed to characterize an outbreak?
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    … and is looking for international and US partners who may be interested in collaborating with members of our team … and is looking for international and US partners who may be interested in collaborating with members of our team …