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  • Ontology-Based Automatic Chief Complaints Classification for Syndromic Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Free-text emergency department triage chief complaints (CCs) are a popular data source used by many syndromic surveillance systems because of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major… read more
    … of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major … of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major … of their timeliness, availability, and relevance. The lack of standardization of CC vocabulary poses a major …
  • Scanning the Emerging Infectious Diseases Horizon - Visualizing ProMed Emails Using EpiSPIDER

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Internet has created an information revolution that spans across all knowledge domains and removes temporal and geographic barriers. Various disparate tools allow individuals to communicate with each other across these barriers. We also have an… read more
    … information locked inside free text components. The lack of integration of these tools and electronic resources … information locked inside free text components. The lack of integration of these tools and electronic resources … information locked inside free text components. The lack of integration of these tools and electronic resources …
  • Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents

    Content Type: Abstract

    Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are conditions that are diagnosed on the basis of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most common MUS are chronic fatigue … read more
    … of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most … of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic path- ways.1 The three most … of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most …
  • Promoting the One Health Approach to prevent wildlife-borne zoonotic diseases in Bolivia – Yellow fever outbreak case study

    Content Type: Case Study

    Immediate detection and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks in animals are valuable strategies to prevent infections in humans. Detection and early warning of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers,… read more
    … of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers, efficient reporting … of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers, efficient reporting … of wildlife-borne pathogens are often limited by the lack of sensitized observers, efficient reporting …
  • Web Search Query Data to Monitor Dengue Epidemics: a New Model for Dengue Surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    With an estimated 500 million people infected each year, dengue ranks as one of the most significant mosquito-borne viral human diseases, and one of the most rapidly emerging vectorborne diseases. A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and… read more
    … A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and … (1). A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and … A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and …
  • Syndromic Surveillance Information Collection - Geocodes for Urban to Rural Mixed Environments: SSIC-Geo

    Content Type: Abstract

    The University of Washington has been working since 2000 with partners in Washington State to advance bioterrorism (BT) detection and preparedness. This project collects data on patients presenting with influenza-like … read more
    … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting … This processed hospital data is also made available back to the officials and administrators at the reporting …
  • Enhanced Animal Surveillance for Super Bowl XLIX in Maricopa County, Arizona, 2015

    Content Type: Case Study

    From December 2014 to February 2015, Maricopa County, Arizona was the host site for several high profile events, including Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. Public health officials were allocated with implementing numerous enhanced surveillance… read more
    … and (3) that may signal a significant increase over back ground levels of disease. To accomplish this goal, an … and (3) that may signal a significant increase over back ground levels of disease. To accomplish this goal, an … (results were negative) and an unexplained mortality in a back yard chicken flock that was tested for avian influenza …
  • A Multidisciplinary One Health Approach to Mosquito Management

    Content Type: Case Study

    Large mosquito outbreaks mysteriously began to recur annually in Western Kentucky beginning in 2011. With up to 30 bites/minute in urban areas, these outbreaks warranted Governor-declared public health emergencies requiring expensive ($2 million… read more
    … and discovered long-forgotten surveillance data dating back to the 1940's that had also identified this effect. … and discovered long-forgotten surveillance data dating back to the 1940's that had also identified this effect. … also located forgotten TVA surveillance data going back to the 1940’s. We examined these data, along with …