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A model for flu outbreak surveillance that describes the time lag for data reporting from the first presentation of a case to diagnosis
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Reporting notifiable conditions to public health authorities by health-care providers and laboratories is fundamental to the prevention, control, and monitoring of population-based disease. To successfully develop community… read more… University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA E-mail: rgamache@regenstrief.org Objective This poster will … -
A prediction market for H5N1 influenza compared with statistical forecasting model
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Predictionmarkets have been successfully used to forecast future events in other fields. We adapted this method to provide estimates of the likelihood of H5N1 influenza related events. Objective The purpose… read more… Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: ansontaiyat-ho@uiowa.edu Objective The purpose of this … -
Operation of the evacuation site surveillance for the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
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In 2011, March 11th, the big earthquake attacked eastern Japan followed by huge tsunami and nuclear plant accident. Consequently a lot of people could not help living in evacuation sites. Since those evaluation sites have high density of population… read more… Earthquake; evacuation site; disaster *Yasushi Ohkusa E-mail: ohkusa@nih.go.jp (page number not for citation … -
Operation of the evacuation site surveillance for the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
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In 2011, March 11th, the big earthquake attacked eastern Japan, and forced a lot of people to live in evacuation sites. Since those evaluation sites have high density of population and sanitary condition was poor in these sites, outbreaks of… read more… Earthquake; evacuation site; disaster *Yasushi Ohkusa E-mail: ohkusa@nih.go.jp (page number not for citation … -
S&I Public Health Reporting Initiative- Building the Future of Harmonized Biosurveillance Systems
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) initiated a broad range of national implementation activities. In order to support the critical activities of meaningful use (MU), ONC established the S&I Framework. In the beginning of 2011 the… read more… health reporting; ONC S&I; informatics *Nikolay Lipskiy E-mail: dgz1@cdc.gov (page number not for citation purpose) … -
Who Should We Be Listening to? Applying Models of User Authority to Detecting Emerging Topics on the EIN
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Emerging event detection is the process of automatically identifying novel and emerging ideas from text with minimal human intervention. With the rise of social networks like Twitter, topic detection has begun leveraging measures of user influence… read more… Web, Banff, Alberta, Canada; 2007:221�30. *Jason Fries E-mail: jason-fries@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Enhancing Nebraska's Rabies Surveillance using Electronic Public Health Cases Reports and ESSENCE
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Accurate and timely reporting of animal rabies test results and potential human exposures is necessary to guide case management and define rabies epidemiology. Accordingly, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) collaborated with… read more… of Health and Human Services COUNTRY: United States Email: alison.keysermetobo@nebraska.gov WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO … -
One Health Harmful Algal Bloom-related Illness Surveillance
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Cyanobacteria and marine algae are ubiquitous in the earth's freshwaters and oceans. Under the right circumstances, these organisms can proliferate, causing harmful algal blooms (HABs) which may produce toxins that threaten human and animal health… read more… Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COUNTRY: USA Email: lfb9@cdc.gov, evl1@cdc.gov WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK …