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  • A System for Simulation: Introducing Outbreaks into Time Series Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Objective Several authors have described ways to introduce artificial outbreaks into time series for the purpose of developing, testing, and evaluating the effectiveness and timeliness of anomaly detection algorithms, and more… read more
    … the efficiency of using time series data several fold com- pared to when just a single artificial outbreak is …
  • Use of Laboratory Drug Sensitivity Tests and Prescription Practices in Malawi

    Content Type: Abstract

    Of the 13 million people in Malawi1 85% are rural and the country has high burden of under-five morbidity and mortality due to preventable infectious diseases. Respiratory, febrile and diarrhea diseases are the top 3 morbidity and mortality… read more
    … Importance; 2003. *Rudia Lungu E-mail: rglungu@gmail.com (page number not for citation purpose) �ISDS 2011 …
  • Could Syndromic Surveillance Data be Used Effectively with Other Data Sources? A Transposable Local View

    Content Type: Abstract

    This panel member consultation is an International Society of Disease Surveillance (ISDS) sponsored project. It involved expert personnel in their respective area to address specific, priority questions confronting researchers, developers, and… read more
    … respec- tive area to address specific, priority questions con- fronting researchers, developers, and public health … used in various syndromic surveillance system, budget con- straints, and the veracity and usefulness of compiled … Retrieved July 18, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32152.html [3] “Emergency …
  • Vision Disability v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The Vision Disability (v1) definition is part of a group of eight definitions (seven domain-specific and one overall) to identify emergency department visits by people with disabilities using a set of criteria… read more
    … Surveillance Program (NSSP) Community of Practice (CoP) members to work with disability organizations and … of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)-led NSSP CoP to create diagnostic code-based definitions to identify … Surveillance Program (NSSP) Community of Practice (CoP) members to work with disability organizations and …
  • Non-parametric intensity bounds for the visualization of disease clusters

    Content Type: Abstract

    Consider the most likely disease cluster produced by any given method, like SaTScan,  for the detection and inference of spatial clusters in a map divided into areas; if this cluster is found to be statistically significant, what could be… read more
    … et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4747 The Monte Carlo simulation requires … spatial and space-time scan statistics. Tech Rep http://www.satscan.org/ 2006. 2 Rosychuk RJ. Identifying geographic … Health Threats Journal FLP Oliveira et al. 2011, 4:s47 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 4848 …
  • Kansas Uses a Novel Approach to Assess Injuries to Agricultural Workers

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Risks include exposure to pesticides on crop farms and use of tractors, farming equipment, and other… read more
    … he identified agriculture injuries by using ICD-10 CM codes: W30 (contact with agricultural machinery), Y92.7 … he identified agriculture injuries by using ICD-10 CM codes: W30 (contact with agricultural machinery), Y92.7 … 2017 Jun 6 [cited 2017 Sep 7]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aginjury/default.html 2 US …
  • CIPARS Surveillance and Research Highlights

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented August 3, 2018. The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) is an integrated One Health surveillance program that has been operating and evolving since 2002. The basic structure of the program will… read more
    … in one health systems • https://amresilience.wordpress.com/ 46 https://amresilience.wordpress.com/ 47 …
  • Incorporating seasonality and other long-term trends improves surveillance for acute respiratory infections

    Content Type: Abstract

    As the electronic medical record (EMR) market matures, long-term time series of EMR-based surveillance data are becoming available. In this work, we hypothesized that statistical aberrancy-detection methods that incorporate seasonality and other… read more
    … s33 synthetic background and injection data sets (http://www.bt.cdc.gov//surveillance/ears/ datasets.asp, accessed 20 … H Zheng et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 1414 Results The figure shows activity … 2 Tokars JI, Burkom H, Xing J, English R, Bloom S, Cox K, et al. Enhancing time-series detection algorithms for …