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Norovirus disease surveillance using Google search data
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While norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in the United States, leading to an estimated 21 million illnesses per year [1], timely surveillance data are limited. Google Insights for Search (GIfS) is a new application that allows users… read more… report, Google, August 2009.Bhttp://research. google.com/archive/google_trends_predictability.pdf�. *Rishi Desai E-mail: butterfinger81@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Correlation: 70% … - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11012 http://research.google.com/archive/google_trends_predictability.pdf … -
Evaluating Syndrome Definitions in the Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology
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The Extended Syndromic Surveillance Ontology (ESSO) is an open source terminological ontology designed to facilitate the text mining of clinical reports in English [1,2]. At the core of ESSO are 279 clinical concepts (for example, fever, confusion,… read more… Syndromic Surveillance Ontology: http://code.google. com/p/ss-ontology/. 3. Chapman W, Dowling J, Baer A, … *Mike Conway E-mail: michaelambroseconway@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) Table 1. Concepts … 11198 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11198 http://code.google.com/p/ss-ontology/ http://code.google.com/p/ss-ontology/ … -
Instructions of ILI-S R Code
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Follow these instructions on how to run ILI R code on your BioSense data locker using R studio. read more -
NSSP ESSENCE User Group
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… Threshold lines) - Recording April 2022 (Topic: Cov Weekly Average Data Quality) - Recording March 2022 … Threshold lines) - Recording April 2022 (Topic: Cov Weekly Average Data Quality) - Recording March 2022 … Threshold lines) - Recording April 2022 (Topic: Cov Weekly Average Data Quality) - Recording March 2022 … -
Detection of Enteric Disease Epidemics Using a Diarrhea-specific Category
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The Utah Department of Health documented a single epidemic of cryptosporidiosis in Utah during 2007. Seven hundred eleven laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in Salt Lake County, Utah from July 27 through December 18. Illness onset date was… read more… the reported cases and a Pearson correlation analysis was con- ducted. Standard deviation from the overall mean value … of enteric disease is promising. REFERENCES [1] Chapman WW, Christensen LM, Wagner MM, et al. Classify- ing … Further Information: Loren Shaffer, loren.shaffer@hmsinc.com Advances in Disease Surveillance 2008;5:60 … -
Incorporating Geographical Contacts into Social Network Analysis for Contact Tracing in Epidemiology: A Study on Taiwan SARS Data
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In epidemiology, contact tracing is a process to control the spread of an infectious disease and identify individuals who were previously exposed to patients with the disease. After the emergence of AIDS, SNA was demonstrated to be a good… read more… In epidemiology, contact tracing is a process to con- trol the spread of an infectious disease and identify … into SNA has been demonstrated to reveal potential con- tacts among patients [2][3]. METHODS In this research, … connect individual patients to form a network with two com- monly used measures in SNA, the degree of a node and … -
Surveillance in the Cloud: A New Platform for Disease Search and Situational Awareness
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Major challenges in syndromic surveillance today include lack of standardization in syndrome definitions and limited ability to detect outbreaks of specific and rare diseases. To generate situational awareness surveillance results… read more… that is generating a great deal of innovation in the com- puting industry. Cloud computing environments commonly … Bauer D, Higgs B and Mohtashemi M (2007) High Performance Com- puting for Disease Surveillance. Lecture Notes in … -
Novel Approach to Statewide Biosurveillance Using Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Information
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The purpose of the National Collaborative for Bio-preparedness (NCB-P) is to enhance biosurveillance and situational awareness to better inform decision-making using a statewide approach. EMS represents a unique potential data source because it… read more… 400 in North Carolina. http://pulse.blogs.starnewsonline.com/10769/norovirus- outbreaks-sickens-nearly-400-in-nc/. … 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11183 http://pulse.blogs.starnewsonline.com/10769/norovirus-outbreaks-sickens-nearly-400-in-nc/ … http://pulse.blogs.starnewsonline.com/10769/norovirus-outbreaks-sickens-nearly-400-in-nc/ 1-25 …