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An Outbreak Detection Algorithm that Efficiently Performs Complete Bayesian Model Averaging Over All Possible Spatial Distributions of Disease
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Many disease-outbreak detection algorithms, such as control chart methods, use frequentist statistical techniques. We describe a Bayesian algorithm that uses data D consisting of current day counts of some event (e.g., emergency department (ED)… read more… an- thrax outbreaks described in [1]. Each outbreak con- sisted of a simulated time series of patient cases that each presented to an ED with a respiratory chief com- plaint and a home zip code. The probability that a case … in Artificial Intelli- gence (2004) 94-104. [2] http://www.dbmi.pitt.edu/panda/papers/Shen/ISDS07.pdf Advances in … -
Epibasket: a prototype web tool aimed to speed up and standardize the epidemiological investigation of an outbreak
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The detailed analysis of the epidemiological literature on the 2003 SARS epidemic published in peer reviewed journals has shown that a majority (78%) of the epidemiological articles were submitted after the epidemic had ended,… read more… W Xing et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 70 value might include the Impact Factor … a time-stratified review. PLoS Med 2010;7:e1000272. 2 See www.prestashop.com, quexml.sourceforge.net/, and www. limesurvey.org. Web … -
Evaluating the use of syndromic surveillance for the detection of influenza-like illness in Salt Lake County, Utah
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Salt Lake Valley Health Department uses syndromic surveillance to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) activity as part of a comprehensive influenza surveillance program that includes pathogen-specific surveillance, sentinel… read more… and M Hill.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 72 Department plans to collect ILI data … Monitoring Systems, Inc, EpiCenter, v 2.6.3. http://www. hmsinc.com/service/epicenter.html. 4 Centers for Disease Control … -
What is a success story and how do I write one?
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Presented March 22, 2018. Are you facing one of the barriers to writing a story about your surveillance data in action listed below? Barriers:- I don't know what a success story is.
- I’m not sure if I have a story to…
… the practice of public health. Document Webinar_Nssp_Cop_Success_Story_Training_2018_Mar.pdf NCCDPHP Success … your story to the Surveillance Knowledge Repository • www.surveillancerepository.org http://www.surveillancerepository.org/ Resources to Help 1. … -
Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot
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The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more… Olson et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4949 SAS if preferred. Sites were asked … M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 www.isdsjournal.org/article/view/3307/2456. 2 Paladini M, … J, Murray E, Gunn J, Olson D. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:50 www.isdsjournal.org/article/view/3252/2359. 3 Pendarvis J, … -
Development of an Introductory Continuing Medical Education Program for Public Health Professionals and Clinicians in Syndromic Surveillance
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58 medical licensure boards require between 12 and 50 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) for re-licensure of physicians. 28 states as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Mariana Islands, require… read more… Requirements and Statistics, 2006. Available from: www.ama- … assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/455/licensurerereg-06.pdf 2 www.nsweb.nursingspectrum.com 3 Barbara A. B runt. The impacto f lifelong learning in … -
Prospective space-time analysis of the 2007 cryptosporidiosis outbreak, Salt Lake County, Utah
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Cryptosporidiosis is a gastrointestinal illness due to a protozoan parasite that is highly contagious, and resistant to multiple disinfectants. Utah experienced a large, community-wide outbreak of cryptosporidiosis between June and December of 2007… read more… National Cancer Institute: Bethesda, MD, 2007, www.satscan.org. This is an Open Access article distributed … and I Yamada.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 93 Figure 1 Significant space-time … Threats Journal M Taddie and I Yamada. 2011, 4:s153 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 94 … -
Monitoring Pharmacy Retail Data for Anomalous Space-Time Clusters
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Bio-surveillance systems monitor multiple data streams (over-the-counter (OTC) sales, Emergency Department visits, etc.) to detect both natural disease outbreaks (e.g. influenza) and bio-terrorist attacks (e.g. anthrax re-lease). Many detection… read more… impressive results under simulated environments, but the com- plex behavior of real-world data and high costs asso- … can access alerts online on the SSS website, add and view com- ments on each alert, and select which alerts they want … Maheshkumar R. Sabhnani, sabhnani+@cs.cmu.edu www.autonlab.org Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:62 …