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Multi-stream Influenza Surveillance for Situational Awareness
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Much progress has been made on the development of novel systems for influenza surveillance, or explored the choices of algorithms for detecting the start of a peak season. The use of multiple streams of surveillance data has been shown to improve… read more… data. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008;14:1154�7. *Eric Lau E-mail: ehylau@hku.hk (page number not for citation purpose) … -
The association of influenza vaccination with Influenza-like illness among adults aged 65 years and older in the United States
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After the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, CDC initiated community-based surveillance of self-reported influenza-like illness (ILI)[1], defined as the presence of fever with cough or sore throat. Although ILI is frequently attributed to other pathogens… read more… States. JAMA. 2003;289(2):179�86. *Mayuko Takayama E-mail: mayukot@u.washington.edu (page number not for citation … -
Advantages of real time surveillance for outbreak detection and management
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It is admitted that real time surveillance system permits to reduce delay of outbreak detection, and preventive measures implementation. It is usually based on pre diagnostic numeric data collection and transmission. ASTER (Alerte et surveillance en… read more… Forces. Mil Med. 2009;174:1068�74. *Franck de Laval E-mail: f_de_laval@hotmail.com (page number not for citation … -
Adaptive Likelihood Ratio Methods for the Detection of Space-Time Disease Clusters
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Data obtained through public health surveillance systems are used to detect and locate clusters of cases of diseases in space-time, which may indicate the occurrence of an outbreak or an epidemic. We present a methodology based on adaptive… read more… ISBN: 978-1-61209-516-5; 2011. *Luiz Duczmal E-mail: duczmal@ufmg.br (page number not for citation purpose) … -
Spatial Cluster Detection in Case-Control Datasets with the Autonomous Leaves Graph
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Ordering-based approaches [1,2] and quadtrees [3] have been introduced recently to detect multiple spatial clusters in point event datasets. The Autonomous Leaves Graph (ALG) [4] is an efficient graph-based data structure to handle the communication… read more… town. Int J Health Geograph. 2011;10:29. *Luiz Duczmal E-mail: duczmal@ufmg.br (page number not for citation purpose) … -
Enhancing Surveillance for Infectious Disease in the US-Mexico Border Region of Arizona
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The Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) program was established in 1999 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Mexico Secretariat of Health, following mandates from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and… read more… J Emerg Infect Dis. 2003;9:97�102. *Orion McCotter E-mail: orion.mccotter@azdhs.gov (page number not for citation … -
Utilization of EMR data for public health surveillance and situational awareness during the 2010 Haiti Earthquake; a preliminary assessment
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During responses, an electronic medical record (EMR) allows federal emergency response staff to view and evaluate near real-time clinical encounter data. Analysis of EMR patient data can enhance situational awareness and provide decision advantage… read more… response; electronic medical records *Dina Passman E-mail: dina.passman@hhs.gov (page number not for citation … -
Analysis of Zero-Inflated and Overdispersed Time Series: An Application to Syphilis Surveillance in the United States
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Time series data involving counts are frequently encountered in many biomedical and public health applications. For example, in disease surveillance, the occurrence of rare infections over time is often monitored by public health officials, and the… read more… IEEE Trans Automat Control. 1974;19:716�23. *Ming Yang E-mail: ming-yang@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation …