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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… Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, VA, USA E-mail: tina.luse@med.navy.mil Objective To compare trends of … -
Using a prediction market to forecast dengue fever activity
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Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease, and there is considerable evidence that case numbers are rising and geographical distribution of the disease is widening within the United States, and around the world. The accuracy and… read more… MD, USA; and 2University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: tksell@upmc-biosecurity.org Objective The objective of … -
Using clinician mental models to guide annotation of medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes found in VA clinical documents
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Medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are conditions that are diagnosed on the basis of symptom constellations and are characterized by a lack of well-defined pathogenic pathways. The three most common MUS are chronic fatigue … read more… USA; and 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: brett.south@hsc.utah.edu Objectives We sought to … -
Population-based, pathogen-specific surveillance in Utah
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Epidemiological information realized by modern disease surveillance systems offers great potential for supporting clinical decision-making. Providing health practitioners with population-based, pathogen-specific information about regional… read more… and 2Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: Per.Gesteland@hsc.utah.edu Objective The objective of … -
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… Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA E-mail: Sheri.Lewis@jhuapl.edu Objective This paper describes … -
A bootstrapping method to improve cohort identification
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The research reported in this paper is part of a larger effort to achieve better signal-to-noise ratio, hence accuracy, in pharmacovigilance applications. The relatively low frequency of occurrence of adverse drug reactions leads to… read more… MA, USA; and 3Clinical Metrics LLC, Poland, ME, USA E-mail: sasi.kandula@utah.edu Objective ICD-9 codes are … -
Novel Conceptual Framework and Toolset for Country-wide Assessments of Opportunities and Challenges for Public Health Interventions
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Imbalances in wealth, education, infrastructure, socio-political leadership, healthcare, and demographics create opportunities and challenges when implementing public health interventions. Understanding these, while embracing "smart power," one can… read more… evaluation; assessment; SWOT; smart power *Scott McNabb E-mail: scottjnmcnabb@emory.edu (page number not for citation … -
Outbreak Response and Active Surveillance for Avian Influenza among Human Contacts in Nigeria, 2015: One Health Approach
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H5N1 virus occurs mainly in birds. It is highly contagious and deadly among them. However, transmission in human is rare. The first and only confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza H5N1 virus in Nigeria was in 2006. Sporadic infection… read more… Oyo State Ministry of Health COUNTRY: Nigeria Email: gbolaabbas@yahoo.com WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK IN? …