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  • National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) BioSense Data Sharing Workgroup - Report

    Content Type: Report

    This report summarizes a series of Data Sharing Workgroups that occurred in 2014 and 2015. Purpose of the workgroups: To provide community input on topics related to data sharing functionalities in the BioSense platform. Summary of work: The… read more
    … 2.0 (below). Resources: Workgroup Web site: http://www.syndromic.org/cop/nsss-workgroups/data-sharing Nexus Web Site: https://sites.google.com/site/biosenseusercommunity/ ! 2 Recommendations for …
  • Graduate-Level Syndromic Surveillance Course, An International Society for Disease Surveillance Project

    Content Type: Abstract

     Following the development of an introductory Continuing Education (CME) course in syndromic surveillance, the Education and Training Committee of the International Society for Disease Surveillance recognized the need to educate future non-… read more
    … 1. http://grad- schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/pu b/search. 2. … m 3. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/registrar/courses/e pi.shtml. 4. http://www.sph.unc.edu/epid/courses_offered_20 0_565.html. 5. http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/epide m.html. 6. …
  • Mitigating data collection challenges with adaptive frameworks

    Content Type: Abstract

    Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collection of data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are detected hold little… read more
    … A Poku et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 58 for those challenges to define the … for data collection. BMC Proc 2008;2 (Suppl 3):SS. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1753-6561/2/ S3/S5. 2 Ashar R, Lewis S, Blazes DL, …
  • Mitigating data collection challenges with adaptive frameworks

    Content Type: Abstract

    Electronic disease surveillance systems can be extremely valuable tools; however, a critical step in system implementation is collection of data. Without accurate and complete data, statistical anomalies that are detected hold little meaning. Many… read more
    … A Poku et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 58 for those challenges to define the … for data collection. BMC Proc 2008;2 (Suppl 3):SS. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1753-6561/2/ S3/S5. 2 Ashar R, Lewis S, Blazes DL, …
  • Applications of Bayesian Statistics for Biosurveillance

    Content Type: Webinar

    For its January 2010 meeting, the ISDS Research Committee hosted a topical webinar on the "Applications of Bayesian Statistics for Biosurveillance," to address questions including:
    1. How can I combine recent trends with historical data…
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    … ‘Disease surveillance using a hidden Markov model’ www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/9/39 Thank you …
  • Monitoring winter-seasonal acute gastroenteritis emergency department visits by age

    Content Type: Abstract

    Epidemic acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major contributor to the global burden of morbidity and mortality. Rotavirus and norovirus epidemics present a significant burden annually, with their predominant impact in temperate climates occurring… read more
    … for defeating rotavirus. Sci Am. 2006;294: 46�55. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16596879. 2. Lopman BA, Hall AJ, … 1996�2007. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52: 466�74. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21258098. 3. Tate JE, Cortese … Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011;30(1 Suppl):S56�60. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21183842. 4. Olson DR, Paladini …
  • Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System Evaluation, Ebonyi State Nigeria, 2017

    Content Type: Abstract

    Nigeria is one of the three countries in the world with ongoing wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission, alongside Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nigeria also experiences outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Following the… read more
    … 2016 [cited 2017 Oct 13]; Available from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2016/nigeria-polio/en/ … Organization; 2015 [cited 2017 Feb 9]. Available from: www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/nigeria-polio/en/ … standards/en// *Izuchukwu F. Obi E-mail: obifrank03@gmail.com …
  • BioSINE: an intuitive visualization tool to enhance collaboration between research and practice in disease surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    Funded by the Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, we developed the BioSINE toolset to provide visualization and collaboration capabilities to improve the accessibility and utility of health surveillance… read more
    … Grumman Corp., Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: ppicciano@aptima.com Objective BioSINE strives to improve situational … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 56 Results Users were quite successful … Health Threats Journal P Picciano et al. 2011, 4:s106 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 57 …