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  • Exploring Multi-Cluster Structures with the Multi-Objective Circular Scan

    Content Type: Abstract

    The spatial scan statistic is the usual measure of strength of a cluster [1]. Another important measure is its geometric regularity [2]. A genetic multiobjective algorithm was developed elsewhere to identify irregularly shaped clusters [3]. A search… read more
    … shaped clusters. We define the circular occupation (CO) of a cluster candidate roughly as its population divided … population inside the smallest circle containing it. The CO concept, computationally faster and relying on familiar … [1] Kulldorff M, 1997. A Spatial Scan Statistic, Comm. Statist. Theory Meth., 26(6), 1481-1496. [2] Duczmal …
  • The "One Health" experience in India: A partnership among veterinarians, pysicians and other healthcare professionals in curbing Vector Borne Zoonoses

    Content Type: Case Study

    Kyasannur Forest Disease (KFD) is a tick borne viral disease first reported in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. On January 6th 2015, the disease has spread to neighbouring state, Kerala and a forest guard from Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad who had… read more
    … of various departments include the following 1. COHEART ( www.coheart.ac.in ) developed Conceptual framework and in …
  • Geographic Categorization Methods Used in BioSense

    Content Type: Abstract

    BioSense is a CDC initiative to promote situational awareness through summarizing, analyzing, and presenting health related event information. Among the data sources collected and analyzed through the BioSense application are the Department of… read more
    … Walker1, MPH, John F. Quinn III4, BS, Kenneth L. Cox5, Col, USAF, MC, SFS 1BioIntelligence Center, Centers for …
  • HWR at the Contest: A Holt-Winters-Based Method Applied to Simulated Outbreaks

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    Objective: Ideal anomaly detection algorithms should detect both sudden and gradual changes, while keeping the background false positive alert rate at a tolerable level. Our objective was to develop an anomaly detection algorithm that adapts to the… read more
    … sev- eral different criteria [1]. The anomaly detection con- test required a continuous score for each day of the … all the test series for this fixed alert threshold. The col- umn “maximum number of false positives in 5 years” …
  • ICD9 as a Surrogate for Chart Review in the Validation of a Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System

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    The existing New York State Department of Health emergency department syndromic surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, Fever, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Rash, Asthma… read more
    … ICD-9 CM Based Sub-Syndrome Distributions in BioSense Hospital … hospital data, including ED chief complaints, ICD-9 CM diagnoses, and patient demographic data (with obvious … 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 A bd om in al pa in In ju ry , N O S N au se a an d vo m iti ng C …
  • Bio-Surveillance and Enhanced Situational Awareness

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      Syndromic surveillance has been used to detect variation in seasonal viral illnesses such as influenza and norovirus infection (1). Limited information is available on the use of a comprehensive bio-surveillance system, including syndromic… read more
    … identified 2 cases with gastroenteritis listed as a con- tributing factor. Both deaths were associated with the … 9-Mar Pe rc en t o f E D V is its fo r N au se a, V om iti ng , a nd D ia rr he a 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 … health alerts for healthcare providers, infection con- trol consultations, development of multi-lingual fact …
  • Adding GIS and Earth Observations to Syndromic Surveillance

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    This paper describes an integrated modeling, sensing, and information system for forecasting atmospheric dust episodes and monitoring PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations that aggravate respiratory diseases in the American southwest.
    … atmospheric dust episodes and monitoring PM2.5 and PM10 con- centrations that aggravate respiratory diseases in the … professionals to provide a broader geographical con- text for medical data (e.g. chief complaints, diagno- … public health decision support. In: IGARSS, 2006, Denver, CO, July 30-Aug.2. [2] Morain, S. and W. Sprigg. 2005. …
  • Assessing the use of Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify and Track Heat Illness in Nebraska, 2010 - 2011

    Content Type: Abstract

    Heat waves have serious health impacts such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration, and death. Heat illness morbidity and mortality can be reduced with the identification of vulnerable populations and targeted public health interventions. In… read more
    … surveillance; heat illness; heat wave Acknowledgments Tom Safranek, MD; Jennifer Marcum, DrPh. *Eryn Murphy …