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Can we identify bellwether states with respect to syphilis incidence?
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The time series of syphilis cases has been studied at the country and state level at the yearly basis, and it has been found that syphilis has a periodicity of approximately 10 years. However, to inform prevention efforts, it is important to… read more… States. Nature. 2005;433:417�21. 3. Hook EW 3rd, Richey CM, Leone P, Bolan G, Spalding C, Henry K, et al. Delayed … -
Opportunistic approaches to evaluation of surveillance efforts in resource-limited countries
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The Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) delivers interventions to enhance surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens of both humans and animals within countries of the former Soviet Union… read more… *Victor Del Rio Vilas E-mail: vdelriovilas@yahoo.co.uk (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 … -
Malaria: A New Model for Disease Eradication
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Defines the current state of impact of malaria. positioning the disease as leading cause of death by disease worldwide. In last 12 years, seven million lives have been saved with a reduction of 60% in fatalities.… read more… mosquitoes picked up the parasite and infected their co-workers in Kericho, who in turn transported the parasite … -
Using Gaming Tools to Train Disease Surveillance Professionals and Investigate Next-Generation Capabilities
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This webinar will provide an overview of game-based tools for surveillance training and technology evaluation. The philosophy and methods of “serious gaming” will be presented through case studies and interactive examples. Panelists… read more… G am e Pl ay Massive Multiplayer Online Individual Co-located Team Distributed Team • Expanded data sets • … -
Eligible Hospital (EH) Onboarding Approach for the Meaningful Use (MU) Incentive Program
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From the BioSense 2.0 Onboarding Workgroup meeting, February 4, 2015 Presenter Promise Nkwocha, MSc. RHCE, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene read more… – BioSense Onboarding Workgroup o Laurel Boyd, CO-Chairperson – BioSense Onboarding Workgroup o Brooke … -
NYC Onboarding Presentation
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This NYC DOHMH presentation details the process for onboarding data into BioSense for the NYC hospitals for certification.… – BioSense Onboarding Workgroup o Laurel Boyd, CO-Chairperson – BioSense Onboarding Workgroup o Brooke … -
Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests
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Materials associated with the Analytic Solutions for Real-Time Biosurveillance: Reportable Disease Cluster Detection in the Context of Sporadic Adoption of PCR-based Diagnostic Tests consultancy call held May 3, at 12 pm ET. Problem… read more… Phone: (347) 396-2679 Email: sgreene4@health.nyc.gov Co-submitters and affiliations: Eric Peterson, MPH; Kristen … -
A web-based platform to support text mining of clinical reports for public health surveillance
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PyConTextKit is a web-based platform that extracts entities from clinical text and provides relevant metadata - for example, whether the entity is negated or hypothetical - using simple lexical clues occurring in the window of text surrounding the… read more… processing; ontology; text mining References 1. Chapman WW, Chu D, Dowling JN. ConText: An algorithm for identifying … 2007:81�8. 2. Chapman BE, Lee S, Kang, HP, Chapman WW. Document-level classification of CT pulmonary … 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.03.011. 3. Okhamatovskaia A, Chapman WW, Collier N, Espino J, Buck- eridge D. SSO: the syndromic …