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  • Surveillance on Arboviral Infections in Georgia by using One Health Approach

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    Arbovirus infections are causing enormous global burden, while their geographic distribution expands and affects new regions and areas. West Nile virus (WNV), one of the most important pathogens among arboviruses, was historically associated with… read more
    … by the end of September. In Georgia, there is a lack of clinical suspicion on WNV because of the low … by the end of September. In Georgia, there is a lack of clinical suspicion on WNV because of the low …
  • Validation of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Respiratory Syndrome using Electronic Health Records

    Content Type: Abstract

    Effective and valid surveillance of syndromes can be extremely useful in the early detection of outbreaks and disease trends. However, medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult.… read more
    … medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult. … medical chart checks without patient identifiers and lack of diagnoses in A08 data has made validation difficult. …
  • Development of an R Package for Syndromic Surveillance: Translating Research into Tools for the Veterinary Epidemiologist

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    A review of the development of veterinary syndromic surveillance in 2011 indicated that the field was incipient, but fast growing. Many countries are starting to explore different sources of data for syndromic surveillance. Some of the data streams… read more
    … current development of animal syndromic surveillance: The lack of standards in disease classification; The development … current development of animal syndromic surveillance: The lack of standards in disease classification; The development …
  • Increasing Outbreak Detection Power by Data Transformations

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    Syndromic surveillance involves the analysis of time series of health indicators to identify changes in disease patterns. To this end, statistical modeling is used to reduce systematic data variation. Still, there is variation that cannot be… read more
    … Burkom, 2011; Reis, Kohane and Mandl, 2007). However, we lack systematic criteria for applying data transformations, … Burkom, 2011; Reis, Kohane and Mandl, 2007). However, we lack systematic criteria for applying data transformations, …
  • Development and Piloting of National Injury Surveillance System of Sri Lanka

    Content Type: Abstract

    In Sri Lanka, a major drawback in injury prevention is the lack of complete, accurate and timely data. To fulfill this data need, in 2006, Sri Lanka's Trauma Secretariat piloted an Injury Surveillance System (ISS) in four hospitals. This comprised… read more
    … In Sri Lanka, a major drawback in injury prevention is the lack of complete, accurate and timely data. To fulfill this … In Sri Lanka, a major drawback in injury prevention is the lack of complete, accurate and timely data. To fulfill this …
  • Data capture and visualization for a canine influenza outbreak - New York City, 2018

    Content Type: Abstract

    Data-driven decision-making is a cornerstone of public health emergency response; therefore, a highly-configurable and rapidly deployable data capture system with built-in quality assurance (QA; e.g., completeness, standardization) is critical.… read more
    … in New York City (NYC) and provide aggregate data back to the veterinary community as an interactive … in New York City (NYC) and provide aggregate data back to the veterinary community as an interactive dashboard. …
  • Improving Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Capacity in Guinea, 2015-2018

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    The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea revealed systematic weaknesses in the existing disease surveillance system. The lack of public health workers adequately trained in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) contributed to… read more
    … in the existing disease surveillance system. The lack of public health workers adequately trained in … in the existing disease surveillance system. The lack of public health workers adequately trained in …
  • Utilization of Emergency Department Data for Drug Overdose Surveillance in North Carolina

    Content Type: Abstract

    In North Carolina there has been an escalation of poisoning deaths. In 2011, the number of fatal poisonings was 1,368 deaths, with 91% classified as drug overdoses with the majority of those due to opioid analgesics.[1] Far greater numbers of drug… read more
    … system, drug overdose surveillance is a challenge due to lack of a standardized definition for the positive … system, drug overdose surveillance is a challenge due to lack of a standardized definition for the positive …