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Who Should We Be Listening to? Applying Models of User Authority to Detecting Emerging Topics on the EIN
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Emerging event detection is the process of automatically identifying novel and emerging ideas from text with minimal human intervention. With the rise of social networks like Twitter, topic detection has begun leveraging measures of user influence… read more… Web, Banff, Alberta, Canada; 2007:221�30. *Jason Fries E-mail: jason-fries@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
Enhancing Nebraska's Rabies Surveillance using Electronic Public Health Cases Reports and ESSENCE
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Accurate and timely reporting of animal rabies test results and potential human exposures is necessary to guide case management and define rabies epidemiology. Accordingly, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) collaborated with… read more… of Health and Human Services COUNTRY: United States Email: alison.keysermetobo@nebraska.gov WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO … -
One Health Harmful Algal Bloom-related Illness Surveillance
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Cyanobacteria and marine algae are ubiquitous in the earth's freshwaters and oceans. Under the right circumstances, these organisms can proliferate, causing harmful algal blooms (HABs) which may produce toxins that threaten human and animal health… read more… Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COUNTRY: USA Email: lfb9@cdc.gov, evl1@cdc.gov WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK … -
Dengue Outbreak in Punjab, Pakistan, 2011; Foundation for One Health Approach
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During 2011, dengue fever emerged as a serious public health problem in Punjab, Pakistan. This crisis highlighted gaping holes in the health system. It was realized that the present system is unlikely to have the capacity in responding to an… read more… Pakistan One Health Alliance, Islamabad COUNTRY: Pakistan Email: smursalin@pakonehealth.org WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU WORK … -
A multidisciplinary approach to an outbreak of canid Rabies in Gauteng Province, South Africa
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On 3rd of June, 2010 a sick dog was presented to an Animal Welfare Agency. Biliary treatment unsuccessful and the dog was euthanased and tested positive for Rabies on FAT. In this mixed rural urban area of South Africa Rabies is an occasional… read more… of Agriculture and Forestry COUNTRY: South Africa Email: peter.geertsma@gauteng.gov.za WHAT DOMAIN(S) DO YOU … -
A System for Simulation: Introducing Outbreaks into Time Series Data
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Objective Several authors have described ways to introduce artificial outbreaks into time series for the purpose of developing, testing, and evaluating the effectiveness and timeliness of anomaly detection algorithms, and more… read more… Figure 1: Comparative Time Series of Emergency Department Visits with Artificial Outbreaks RESULTS Data sequences … -
A Multivariate Bayesian Scan Statistic
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This paper develops a new method for multivariate spatial cluster detection, the ìmultivariate Bayesian scan statisticî (MBSS). MBSS combines information from multiple data streams in a Bayesian framework, enabling faster and more accurate… read more… may include sources such as emergency department (ED) visits, with each stream representing a different chief … -
Meaningful use and public health surveillance: to travel fast or far?
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There is an ancient African proverb that states, ‘If you want to travel fast, travel alone; if you want to travel far, travel together.’ This paper examines the issue of whether public health can and should ‘go it alone’ in efforts for creating… read more… of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA E-mail: leslie.lenert@hsc.utah.edu Objective The objective of …