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  • Using laboratory and medical encounter records to identify impact of prophylaxis policies on group A Streptococcus in three recruit training facilities

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    Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant morbidity and, on occasion, has been linked to deaths. Streptococcal surveillance has long been a part of military… read more
    … TM Luse et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 54 Acknowledgements This paper was … Health Threats Journal TM Luse et al. 2011, 4:s98 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 55 …
  • The spatial-temporal pattern of excess influenza visits at the (sub-)urban scale

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    Quantifying the spatial-temporal diffusion of diseases such as seasonal influenza is difficult at the urban scale for a variety of reasons including the low specificity of the extant data, the heterogenous nature of healthcare seeking… read more
    … and DR Olson.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 3333 regularities of the patterns across … Health Threats Journal KJ Konty and DR Olson. 2011, 4:s35 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 3434 …
  • Use of a public health working group to coordinate multi-jurisdiction response to bioterrorism surveillance signals and influenza outbreaks

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    The use of syndromic surveillance systems to detect illness and outbreaks in the mid 1990s in New York City resulted in recommendations for increased use of these systems for detection of bioterrorist agents, and tracking influenza… read more
    … Siniscalchi.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 85 Acknowledgements This paper was … Health Threats Journal AJ Siniscalchi. 2011, 4:s114 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 86 …
  • Real-time estimation and prediction for pandemic A/H1N1 (2009) in Japan

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    Unfortunately, confirmation and notification of all A/H1N1 (2009) patients in Japan was ceased on 24 July when the cumulative number of patients was about 5000. After that, as all suspected patients are not necessarily confirmed or reported, the… read more
    … Ohkusa et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4343 population. These estimates are … Health Threats Journal Y Ohkusa et al. 2011, 4:s45 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 4444 …
  • Map application to the New York state electronic syndromic surveillance system

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    The primary goal of the Electronic Syndromic Surveillance system (ESSS) is to monitor trends in non-specific symptoms of illness at the community level in real time. The ESSS includes emergency department chief complaint data that are categorized… read more
    … C Weng et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 72 To reduce the SAS running time for … Health Threats Journal C Weng et al. 2011, 4:s156 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 73 …
  • SAGES: a suite of freely available software tools for electronic disease surveillance in resource-limited settings

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    Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a serious threat to global public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified more than 1100 epidemic events worldwide in the last 5 years alone. Recently, the emergence of the… read more
    … Lewis et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 43 welcomes inquiries on the SAGES tools … Health Threats Journal SL Lewis et al. 2011, 4:s93 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 44 …
  • Spatial cluster detection in schools using school catchment information

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    The H1N1 outbreak in the spring of 2009 in NYC originated in a school in Queens before spreading to others nearby. Active surveillance established epidemiological links between students at the school and new cases at other schools through… read more
    … S Day et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 1212 Acknowledgements This paper was … Emerging Health Threats Journal S Day et al. 2011, 4:s126 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 1313 …
  • 911 and EMS data for detection of drinking water contamination

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    The Public Health Surveillance (PHS) component (one of five monitoring and surveillance components deployed in the Cincinnati drinking water contamination warning system) functions to detect public health incidents resulting from… read more
    … Dangel et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 7 Acknowledgements This paper was … Health Threats Journal C Dangel et al. 2011, 4:s14 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 8 …