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Pulmonary Function should be the Surveillance Tool in Obese Children to Prevent Asthma
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The mediating pathways in the obesity-asthma link are largely unknown. We aimed to investigate the mediating pathways and to search for the most prominent pathological mechanism between central obesity and childhood asthma. Objective:… read more -
Real-time monitoring of a mass K2-related overdose outbreak â Connecticut, 2018
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On August 15, 2018, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) became aware of a cluster of suspected overdoses in an urban park related to the synthetic cannabinoid K2. Abuse of K2 has been associated with serious adverse effects and… read more -
Retrospective Surveillance of Perinatal Hepatitis C Virus Exposure â Tennessee, 2013-2017
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are increasing nationwide and are of particular concern in Tennessee, especially among individuals of reproductive age.1,2 Maternal HCV status reported on the birth certificate reveals that the rate of HCV among… read more -
Rhetorical Framing and Needle Exchange in Rural Indiana: Shifting Perspectives and Policy
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Political discourse surrounding matters of public health is exigent because human life is at stake this is unquestionably the case with respect to widespread opioid addiction. While intravenous drug use itself is described as a health concern, the… read more -
Risk Assessment tool for Religious Mass Gathering Events of India
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In spite of the fact that mass gatherings are an undeniably regular element of our society attended by huge crowds yet such occasions are not very well understood. Even though such gatherings are accumulations of "well people", vast number of people… read more -
Root-cause analysis of bacteraemia increase and surveillance data in hemodialysis
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In 2017, the dialysis centre of East Reunion Hospital Group (ERHG) based in Saint-Benoit highlighted an increase in bacteraemia's rates. It was a significant rising compared to previous years. Indeed, ERHG is participating since 2013 to the France… read more -
Seeing Data in a New Light: Data Visualization Techniques to Improve Understanding
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In 2002, the United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) to address the challenges and gaps in the nation's environmental health… read more -
Selection of a geographic area of interest for syndromic surveillance
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Since 1 January 2016, the Auvergne and Rhone-Alpes regions have merged as part of the territorial reform. The new region is composed of 12 departments and accounts for more than 8 million inhabitants. Its territory is heterogeneous in population… read more