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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

    Content Type: Abstract

    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… read more
    … Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant … public health activities. All Navy and Marine Corps training sites are required to track and record … measure against GABHS outbreaks at recruit training sites. Though streptococcal control program …
  • Using laboratory and medical encounter records to identify impact of prophylaxis policies on group A Streptococcus in three recruit training facilities

    Content Type: Abstract

    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
    … Streptococcus (GABHS) has caused outbreaks in recruit training environments, where it leads to significant … public health activities. All Navy and Marine Corps training sites are required to track and record positive … control measure against GABHS outbreaks at recruit training sites. Though streptococcal control program …
  • Keeping a Public Health Surveillance Practice up to Speed: a Training Strategy to Build Capacity

    Content Type: Abstract

    Public health surveillance practice is evolving rapidly. In the past decade we have witnessed the globalization of health threats, the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases, and an explosion of easily accessible new technologies. This… read more
    … future public health challenges. We developed a five day training course that focused on the practical use of … future public health challenges. We developed a five day training course that focused on the practical use of …
  • Modeling the risk of heat illness among basic training populations within the DoD, 2010–2017

    Content Type: Abstract

    Although effective preventive measures for heat-related illness have been recommended and mandated for military personnel, there continues to be incident cases. In 2016, there were 401 incident cases of heat stroke and 2,135 incident cases of “… read more
    … of developing exertional heat illness (EHI) among basic training populations in the Department of Defense. Submitted … of developing exertional heat illness (EHI) among basic training populations in the Department of Defense. … Modeling the risk of heat illness among basic training populations within the DoD, 2010–2017 …
  • Tick Related Encounters - Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor tick related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO,…
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    … in R.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)  Data collected from Epicenter, but parsed and analysed in R/Rstudio Data sources the syndrome was used on (e.g., …
  • Lyme Disease Related Encounters - Connecticut Department of Public Health, April 2019

    Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor Lyme disease related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R…
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    … in R.  Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO, RODS, etc.)  Data collected from Epicenter, but parsed and analysed in R/Rstudio Data sources the syndrome was used on (e.g., …
  • Impact of Staff Qualification and Training on Performance of the Core Function Activities (CFA) of the Communicable Disease Surveillance System, Gazera State, Sudan, 2009

    Content Type: Abstract

    This study assessed the performance of the core function activities (CFA) of the Communicable Disease Surveillance system and response (CDSs) existing in Gazera State. The first assessment of disease surveillance being conducted in the area during… read more
    … study is to assess the impact of staff qualification and training on the performance of Core Function Activities … study is to assess the impact of staff qualification and training on the performance of Core Function Activities …
  • R Software Environment Resources

    Content Type: Surveillance Tools and Systems

    What is R? R is a language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a variety of UNIX platforms, Windows, and MacOS. It is similar to the S language and environment - in fact,… read more
    … epidemiologic data and graphics Help with R General R  RStudio  Training Resources  "RStudio is a company dedicated to …