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Clustering of U.S. Cities Based on Mortality from Influenza and Pneumonia
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Influenza is a major cause of mortality. In developed countries, mortality is at its highest during winter months, not only as a result of deaths from influenza and pneumonia but also as a result of deaths attributed to other diseases (e.g.… read more… Spring Harbor Lab Press. 1999;9:1106�15. *Eric Foster E-mail: eric-foster@uiowa.edu (page number not for citation … -
An Early Warning System for Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality in Taiwan
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Influenza is a serious disease that seasonality causes substantial but varying morbidity and mortality. In Taiwan, estimates of the influenza mortality burden were based on post-hoc analyses of national mortality statistics and not available until… read more… (accessed July 28, 2011). *Pei-Jung Chen E-mail: cpj0035@cdc.gov.tw (page number not for citation … -
Case Definition for Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case definition of influenza-like illness (ILI) as fever with cough and/or sore throat casts a wide net resulting in lower sensitivity which can have major implications on public health… read more… Accessed January 20, 2011. *Gillian Gibbs E-mail: Gillian_Gibbs@rush.edu (page number not for citation … -
Ten Years of Syndromic Surveillance in New Hampshire: Innovation, Experience and Outcomes
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In response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) engaged state and external partners in the design of an early warning surveillance system to support bioterrorism and emergency… read more… *David Swenson E-mail: swensd@comcast.net (page number not for citation … -
Linking Informatics and Cross-Programmatic Public Health Strategic Objectives
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There is national recognition of the need for cross-programmatic data and system coordination and integration for surveillance, prevention, response, and control implementation. To accomplish this public health must develop an informatics competency… read more… php?pageName�Articles_Papers. *Geraldine Johnson E-mail: gsb03@health.state.ny.us (page number not for citation … -
Use of the National Poison Data System after the 2011 Japan Radiological Incident for Surveillance of Incident-related Exposures in the United States
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NPDS is a national database of detailed information collected from each call, uploaded in near real-time, from the 57 participating regional poison centers (PCs) located across the US. NPDS is owned and operated by the American Association of Poison… read more… Keywords Japan; radiation; surveillance *Royal Law E-mail: hua1@cdc.gov (page number not for citation purpose) … -
Use of Cell-Phones to Strengthen Malaria Surveillance-Response Systems of Bangka/Belitung, Indonesia - A proposal
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The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to eliminate Malaria by 2030 in 4 stages (Wismarini, 2009. To reach the elimination phase High Case Incidence (HCI) areas go through a pre-elimination phase. The aim of the proposed project is to support one of… read more… Directorate of Malaria, MoH; 2009. *Rossi Sanusi E-mail: rossi_sanusi@yahoo.com (page number not for citation … -
An exploratory analysis of the 2010 measles outbreak in Zimbabwe
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This report describes an exploratory analysis of the 2009-2010 Zimbabwe measles outbreak based on data publicly available in the World Health Organization's Zimbabwe cholera epidemiological bulletin archive. As of December 12th 2010, the outbreak… read more… package�maptools; 2011. *Jarad Niemi E-mail: niemi@iastate.edu (page number not for citation …