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DADAR: A New Situational Awareness Platform for Data Analysis, Detection and Response
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We previously experimented with tracking influenza in ER chief complaint data using existing syndromic surveillance tools. We identified several deficiencies in these tools: poor natural language processing, inefficient user interfaces, frequent (… read more -
Data De-Identification Toolkit
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Developing effective data-driven algorithms and visualizations for disease surveillance hinges on the ability to provide application developers with realistic data. However, the sensitivity of the data creates a barrier to its distribution. We have… read more -
Delay in Seeking Referral Treatment among Breast Cancer Patients at Ocean Road Cancer Institute and Muhimbili National Hospitals Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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In Tanzania, cancer is recognized as a serious health care problem (ORCI, 2008) and is one of the major causes of mortality, morbidity, and disease burden. Tanzania with a population of 42.5 million people, it was estimated that 21,000 new cancer… read more -
Detecting Public Health Impacts Associated with Air Pollution Events in the UK Using Syndromic Surveillance
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Air pollution is well documented to cause adverse health effects in the population. Epidemiological/toxicological studies have demonstrated that air pollution is associated with various adverse health outcomes, ranging from mortality to subclinical… read more -
Detecting Unanticipated Increases in Emergency Department Chief Complaint Keywords
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The CC text field is a rich source of information, but its current use for syndromic surveillance is limited to a fixed set of syndromes that are routine, suspected, expected, or discovered by chance. In addition to syndromes that are routinely… read more -
Detection of Outbreak Signals Using R
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The goal of adequate biosurveillance is to signal that an outbreak may be occurring and through subsequent work is confirmed or refuted. Such a system should be equally able to detect outbreaks of diseases of extremely low reporting frequency, or… read more -
Detection of Some Lyssaviruses from Fruigivorous and Insectivorous Bats in Nigeria
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One of the most significant zoonotic pathogen of bat origin is the rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus. Lyssaviruses cause fatal encephalitis for which there is no effective treatment . The close association of some people to bats on account of… read more -
Developing a Social Media System for Biosurveillance
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Much attention has been given recently to the purported ability of social media to provide early warning and/or situational awareness and event characterization during a biological event of national concern. The National Biosurveillance Integration… read more