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OutbreakMD: tracking and identifying disease outbreaks in post-earthquake Haiti
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HealthMap is a real-time disease epidemic intelligence tracking and visualization system that collects information from general news media, individual first-hand reports and public health sources around the world. Gaps in this effort clearly occur… read more… Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA E-mail: chunara@gmail.com Objective OutbreakMD is a mobile Web application that … Chunara et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 5 even when no network connection is … Health Threats Journal R Chunara et al. 2011, 4:s12 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 6 … -
Using administrative databases to identify cases of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
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CKD is currently the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. The prevalence of end-stage renal disease, the most severe form of CKD, has doubled in the last decade.1 Early detection and treatment of CKD is critical to slowdown the… read more… Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail: rblouin@scimetrika.com Objective This poster summarizes a systematic literature … Blouin et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 3 that the algorithms might, for … Health Threats Journal R Blouin et al. 2011, 4:s120 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 4 … -
Quantifying the potential benefit of early detection for preventing morbidity and mortality: a simulation study of cryptosporidium outbreak
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Many studies evaluate the timeliness and accuracy of outbreak detection algorithms used in syndromic surveillance. Of greater interest, however, is defining the outcome associated with improved detection. In case of a waterborne cryptosporidiosis… read more… Montréal, Montréal, Canada E-mail: okhmatovskaia@gmail.com Objective To quantitatively assess the benefit of … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4545 the benefits of BWA decline faster … Health Threats Journal A Okhmatovskaia et al. 2011, 4:s46 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 4646 … -
Inventory of Epidemiological Data Sources in Preparation of a Joint Analysis of Zoonotic Disease Information
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For the surveillance of zoonoses a vast amount of digital data is routinely being collected on three sectors, humans, animals and food. Depending on the origin and the purpose of the data collection, this information is stored in different databases… read more… sectors (human/animal/food), there are difficulties that come along with the federal structures of data collection. … sectors (human/animal/food), there are difficulties that come along with the federal structures of data collection. … -
Challenges of introducing disease surveillance technology in developing countries: experiences from India and Sri Lanka
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Modern information and communication technologies have increasingly prominent roles in health care systems. To capitalize on attainable benefits, it is essential to thoroughly and purposefully weave them into the existing business … read more… Pittsburgh, PA, USA E-mail: chamindusampath@gmail.com Objective We review challenges faced during the initial … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 47 typhoid), and the actual patient … Health Threats Journal C Weerasinghe et al. 2011, 4:s58 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 48 … -
An automated influenza-like-illness reporting system using freetext emergency department reports
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Current methods for influenza surveillance include laboratory confirmed case reporting, sentinel physician reporting of Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI) and chief-complaint monitoring from emergency departments (EDs). The current… read more… Tsui et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 95 Conclusions We demonstrate utility … area [online] 2009 cited. Available from: http://kdka.com/health/H1N1.flu.deaths. 2.1321133.html. Automated … Health Threats Journal F-C Tsui et al. 2011, 4:s117 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 96 … -
Evaluating the performance of two alternative geographic surveillance schemes
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected by an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state (Iowa, USA) level. Historically, the Iowa Department of Public Health has maintained 19 different influenza sentinel… read more… of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: gcfairch@gmail.com Objective This paper describes an experiment to evaluate … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 2020 sites which maximize total … Health Threats Journal G Fairchild et al. 2011, 4:s22 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 2121 … -
Identifying water contamination from syndromic surveillance signals
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The EPA Water Security initiative contamination warning system detection strategy involves the use of multiple monitoring and surveillance components for timely detection of drinking water contamination in the distribution system… read more… of Water, Cincinnati, OH, USA E-mail: ahaas2@csc.com Objective To develop standard operating procedures … A Haas et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 15 After convening a 15min conference … Emerging Health Threats Journal A Haas et al. 2011, 4:s26 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 16 …