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Surveillance for Mass Gatherings: NCAA Final Four 2017 in Maricopa County, Arizona
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Final Four-associated events culminated in four days of intense activity from March 31st through April 3rd, and added an estimated 400,000 visitors to Maricopa County's 4.2 million residents. Objective: To describe and… read more -
Impact of Users’ Experience with a Web-Based Reporting Portal on Timeliness and Quality of Reporting
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygieneâs (NYC DOHMH) Division of Disease Control (DDC) conducts surveillance of more than 90 specific diseases and conditions and relies on both provider reports and electronic laboratory reports… read more -
Fleas as Vectors of Especially Dangerous Infections in Jermuk Region, 2010-2016
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The Jermuk region of the Zangezur mezofocus is part of the transcaucasian highland focus of plague. This enzootic area is polyvectorial. The mezofocus has rich fauna with approximately eight species of fleas: Callopsylla caspia, Ctenophthalmus… read more -
Enhancing Surveillance on the BioSense Platform through Improved Onboarding Processes
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In 2017, the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) continued to expand as a national scope data source with over 6,500 facilities registered on the BioSense Platform, including 4,000 active, 1,800 onboarding, and 700 planned or inactive… read more -
Comparison of National and Local Syndromic Surveillance Data - Cook County, IL, 2017
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In 2005, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) began using the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) as an emergency department (ED)-based local syndromic surveillance program… read more -
Correlation of Tweets Mentioning Influenza Illness and Traditional Surveillance Data
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The use of social media as a syndromic sentinel for diseases is an emerging field of growing relevance as the public begins to share more online, particularly in the area of influenza. Several applications have been developed to predict or monitor… read more -
Electronic case reporting of STIs: Are non-existent codes the reason for missing information?
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Under the CDC STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Part B grant, WA DOH is testing eICR of sexually transmitted infections (STI) with a clinical partner. Existing standard vocabulary codes were identified to represent previously-identified information… read more -
Refocusing the Vietnam HIV surveillance to the most burden areas for epidemic control
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The Vietnam National HSS was established in 1994. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the epidemic was increasing rapidly, the HSS helped with the intensive close monitoring of the HIV epidemic. In its first 10 years, the HSS was rapidly… read more