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Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Modeling of Time Series of Local Telephone Triage Data for Syndromic Surveillance
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National telephone health advice service data have been investigated as a source for syndromic surveillance of influenza-like illness and gastroenteritis . Providing a high level of coverage, the system might serve as an early outbreak detection… read more -
Best Practices for Implementing Electronic Disease Surveillance Systems in Resources-constrained Settings
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Developing countries bear the highest burden of infectious diseases, and therefore play a key role in the detection of emerging disease threats. The ability of these countries to detect such events allows an adequate response preventing its spread… read more -
BioSense 2.0 Governance: Surveying Users and Stakeholders for Continued Development
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The CDC's BioSense 2.0 system is designed with a user-centered approach, where the needs and requests of the users are part of its continued development. User requirements were gathered extensively to help design BioSense 2.0 and users continue to… read more -
Biosurveillance Data Stream Framework: A Novel Approach to Characterization and Evaluation
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Multiple data sources are used in a variety of biosurveillance systems. With the advent of new technologies, globalization, high performance computing, and "big data" opportunities, there are seemingly unlimited potential data streams that could be… read more -
Capacity and Needs Assessment for Establishing a Syndromic Surveillance System in Rural China: A Mixed Study
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Syndromic surveillance has great advantages in promoting the early detection of infectious disease outbreak and enabling the real-time tracking of on-going epidemics. However, establishing a syndromic surveillance system required huge investment in… read more -
Cervical Cancer Knowledge, Screening Service Utilization and Predictors of Precancerous Cervical Changes: A Population Based Survey of Sexually Active Women in Lagos, South Western Nigeria
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Cervical cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among women in developing countries and the second most common cancer in women in Nigeria. Most studies on knowledge of cervical cancer, cervical cancer screening services and… read more -
Challenges of ELR Implementation: Moving Toward Semantic Understanding through Vocabulary Validation
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Meaningful Use has increased interest in submission of ELR to public health agencies, prompting these agencies to analyze their reporting process. Tennesseeâs reporting regulations require anyone with knowledge of or suspecting a reportable… read more -
Check! Explore Barriers and Solutions to Data Sharing on BioSense 2.0
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Inter-jurisdictional data sharing can enhance disease surveillance capabilities for local, state, regional and national public health situational awareness and response. BioSense 2.0, a cloud-based computing platform for syndromic surveillance,… read more