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Organisation of local actors and data reporting in veterinary public health
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Disease surveillance systems can be based on two components of surveillance: active surveillance in which the diseases are looked for on a regular basis in a defined population, and passive surveillance where the diseases are looked for whenever… read more -
Partnership in Surveillance: A Kerala model to Emerging Public Health Threats
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Kerala is a small state in India, having a population of only 34 million (2011 census) but with excellent health indices, human development index and a worthy model of decentralised governance. Integrated Disease Surveillance Program, a centrally… read more -
Performance of machine learning method to classify free-text medical causes of death
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Mortality is an indicator of the severity of the impact of an event on the population. In France mortality surveillance is part of the syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD and is carried out by Santé publique France, the French public health… read more -
Phylogenetic analysis of Ukrainian Bacillus anthracis strains from various sources
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Anthrax is a widely spread zoonotic disease with natural transmissive cycle involving wildlife, livestock and humans [1]. It is caused by Bacillus anthracis, a highly pathogenic gram-positive, spore-producing bacterium, which poses a serious threat… read more -
PocketAID: The Pocket Atlas of Infectious Diseases Mobile Application
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There are a wide variety of available web-based apps, such as CDC's Epidemic Information Exchange, that provide infectious disease information and disease distribution [1]. Publicly available, online data can be used to inform a user of general… read more -
Potential Applications of Emerging Technologies in Disease Surveillance
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With the increase in the amount of public health data along with the growth of public health informatics, it is important for epidemiologists to understand the current trends in technology and the impact they may have in the field. Because it is… read more -
Power, Potential, and Pitfalls of Surveillance using Clinical Ancillary Services Data
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Military service members and their families work and live around the world where both endemic and emerging infectious diseases are common. Timely infectious disease surveillance helps to inform medical and policy decisions which ensure mission… read more -
Practical Story: Real People, Real Urine, Unreal UTI
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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (ASB) is defined as the presence of bacteria in the urine of a patient without signs or symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI). It is one of the most common reasons for inappropriate antibiotic use in hospitalized… read more