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Incorporating Geographical Contacts into Social Network Analysis for Contact Tracing in Epidemiology: A Study on Taiwan SARS Data
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In epidemiology, contact tracing is a process to control the spread of an infectious disease and identify individuals who were previously exposed to patients with the disease. After the emergence of AIDS, SNA was demonstrated to be a good… read more… including geographical contacts is important to un- derstand the underlying context of the transmission of … -
Accurate Detection of Arbitrarily-Shaped Spatial Disease Clusters
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Methods for locating spatial clusters of diseases are typically variations of the circular scan statistic method. They restrict the number of potential clusters by considering all circular, rectangular, or elliptical regions, and then apply a… read more… EMST method rful alternative to [1] Kulldorff M, A spatia un Statist: Theory etecting elongated disease czmal L, An … -
Using spatial analysis for estimation of the stage of HIV epidemic
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Detection of the signs of HIV epidemic transition from concentrated to generalized stage is an important issue for many countries including Ukraine. Objective and timely detection of the generalization of HIV epidemic is a significant factor for the… read more… HIV epidemic; spatial analysis; GIS *Oleksandr Postnov E-mail: apostnovmd@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. … -
A Zero-Inflated Poisson Based Spatial Scan Statistic
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The spatial scan statistic proposed by Kulldorff has been widely used in spatial disease surveillance and other spatial cluster detection applications. In one of its versions, such scan statistic was developed for inhomogeneous Poisson process… read more… Technometrics. 1992;34:1�14. *André Cançado E-mail: cancado@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. … -
Changes in the Spatial Distribution of Syphilis
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Public health officials and epidemiologists have been attempting to eradicate syphilis for decades, but national incidence rates are again on the rise. It has been suggested that the syphilis epidemic in the US is a "rare example of unforced,… read more… Am J Public Health. 1999;89:369�73. *Sean Tolentino E-mail: seanluciotolentino@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Fig. 1. … -
Acute Flaccid Myelitis Diagnosis Codes - Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). Diagnosis codes were provided to KDHE by a CDC AFM contact and originally included approximately 100 codes that could encompass… read more… This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - Discharge Diagnosis History A80.9 … This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis … -
Disease Profile Development Methodology for Syndromic Surveillance of Biological Threat Agents
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Detection of biological threat agents (BTAs) is critical to the rapid initiation of treatment, infection control measures, and public health emergency response plans. Due to the rarity of BTAs, standard methodology for developing syndrome… read more… trials. Clin Trials. 2008;5:225�39. *Gillian Gibbs E-mail: Gillian_Gibbs@rush.edu (page number not for citation … when there was a more defined purpose to reporting ED visits and admissions (e.g., The Republican National … as point source outbreaks. Querying preestablished ED visit, coroner death, and 911 call feeds can provide a … -
Wildfire and Smoke Syndromic Surveillance: An Implementation Guide for Public Heath Practice
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Wildfires are an integral part of many ecosystems; however, in recent years, human behavior and climate change have resulted in wildfire seasons that are longer, more destructive, and more costly. During wildfire events, public health responses most… read more… currently exist to enumerate wildfire-related healthcare visits. To strengthen the public health community’s ability … standardizing syndromic surveillance of wildfire-related visits: Fire and Smoke Inhalation v1 (formerly wildfire and smoke visits during project period) and Air Quality-related …