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The "One Health" experience in India: A partnership among veterinarians, pysicians and other healthcare professionals in curbing Vector Borne Zoonoses
Content Type: Case Study
Kyasannur Forest Disease (KFD) is a tick borne viral disease first reported in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. On January 6th 2015, the disease has spread to neighbouring state, Kerala and a forest guard from Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad who had… read more… Veterinary and Animal Sciences University COUNTRY: India Email: prejit@kvasu.ac.in WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? ___ … -
Invited Commentary: Automated Public Health Reporting-- A Familiar but Cantankerous Friend
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The Electronic medical record Support for Public health (ESP) project by Klompas et al. (1) promises improved public health reporting by exploiting information captured in electronic health records. This project pulls together a number of… read more… Mental Hygiene, 622 W 168 St, VC5, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: hripcsak@ columbia.edu). 1 Advances in Disease … -
Regional Emergence of TB Lesions in Swine Identified at Slaughter
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A case study presented at the November 2010 Iowa Annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners detailed increases in STB lesions beginning January 2010 [1]. Producers were informed of the problem by their swine processing facility. Tissue… read more… *Wolf Weber E-mail: wolf.d.weber@aphis.usda.gov (page number not for … -
Early Detection of Adverse Drug Events Using The Full Text of Letters to the Editor
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Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality. The majority of post-marketing surveillance for ADEs is passive. Information regarding ADEs is reported to the medical community in peer-reviewed journals. However, in… read more… Proc. ANLP97. Washington, DC; 1997: 16�9. *Chao Yang E-mail: chao-yang@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Adverse Drug Events: Insights From Google Search Volume
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Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. However, post-marketing surveillance systems are passive and reporting is generally not mandated. Thus, many ADEs go unreported, and it is difficult to estimate and/or… read more… report-in full. JAMA. 2007;298:2185�7. *Jacob Simmering E-mail: jacob-simmering@uiowa.edu (page number not for … -
Changes in Alcohol-Related Travel Behavior due to an Under 21 Ordinance
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Alcohol abuse is one of the major leading causes of preventable mortality in the United States. Binge drinking or excessive alcohol consumption, categorized as a pattern of drinking that brings a person's blood alcohol concentration to 0.08, has… read more… Council/under21FAQ.pdf. *Tina Mccarty E-mail: tina-mccarty@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
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The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more… system based on collection of aggregate data for ED visits from existing SS systems. This project has the … would be appropriate to “pick up the phone and call” or e-mail a colleague across the border. In addition, both the … -
Global Mental Health and Surveillance
Content Type: Webinar
Presented July 10, 2018. Why global mental health surveillance is important – understanding current issues in global mental health surveillance and learning strategies to improve mental health surveillance worldwide, particularly in low and… read more… for SMDs f. Anti-depressant medication in acute phase g. Visits during acute phase h. Racial/ethnic disparities and …