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  • Rough Guide to Set up Data Feed for Poison Center Data in Your State

    Content Type: References

    The Oregon ESSENCE team has developed a guide for other states to use to set up a web service link to their poison center and extract its data into ESSENCE. It contains advice based on Oregon’s experience in developing its link with its poison… read more
    … front-end a. Have them add NPDS tables to ESSENCE SQL back-end b. Add fields to query lists c. Maybe map Generic …
  • The Evolution of ESSENCE

    Content Type: Abstract

    In development for over fourteen years, ESSENCE is a disease surveillance system utilized by public health stakeholders at city, county, state, regional, national, and global levels. The system was developed by a team from the Johns Hopkins… read more
    … The utility of the ESSENCE system can be traced back directly to the influence of public health users and to …
  • Predictors of vaccination uptake for the 2009 influenza pandemic (H1N1) in Montreal

    Content Type: Abstract

    Work on vaccination timing and promotion largely precedes the 2009 pandemic. Post-pandemic studies examining the wide range of local vaccination efforts mostly have been limited to surveys assessing the role of administrative strategies, logistical… read more
    … reflecting ineffectual communication or a more troubling lack of trust in health authorities (2). Launching the …
  • Norovirus disease surveillance using Google search data

    Content Type: Abstract

    While norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in the United States, leading to an estimated 21 million illnesses per year [1], timely surveillance data are limited. Google Insights for Search (GIfS) is a new application that allows users… read more
    … surveillance data are limited, absent or simply lack timeliness, but internet access is widespread. As two …
  • A review of automated text classification in event-based biosurveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Event-based biosurveillance is a practice of monitoring diverse information sources for the detection of events pertaining to human, plant, and animal health. Online documents, such as news articles, newsletters, and (micro-) blog entries, are… read more
    … advantages of each method remain unclear because of the lack of benchmark data. A community effort is necessary to …
  • Identifying Current Practical Analytic Challenges - the Analytic Solutions Committee

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented September 21, 2017. The purpose of this webinar is to introduce the Analytic Solution Committees (ASC) to ISDS members, explaining how the committee works and how it… read more
    … this is being done (climate surveillance) Research areas Lack of specificity in data Continuity when transitioning …
  • Application of Event-Based Biosurveillance to the 2011 E. coli Outbreak in Germany

    Content Type: Abstract

    Argus is an event-based, multi-lingual surveillance system which captures and analyzes information from publicly available Internet media. Argus produces reports that summarize and contextualize indications and warning (I&W) of emerging… read more
    … neighboring states. These problems were compounded by the lack of an effective HUS treatment, causing health officials …
  • Dengue Outbreak in Punjab, Pakistan, 2011; Foundation for One Health Approach

    Content Type: Case Study

    During  2011, dengue fever emerged as a serious public health problem in Punjab, Pakistan. This crisis highlighted gaping holes in the health system. It was realized that the present system is unlikely to have the capacity in responding to an… read more
    … in future. The biggest gap being a disconnect or lack of coordination among various departments/ministries …