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  • A model for flu outbreak surveillance that describes the time lag for data reporting from the first presentation of a case to diagnosis

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    Reporting notifiable conditions to public health authorities by health-care providers and laboratories is fundamental to the prevention, control, and monitoring of population-based disease. To successfully develop community… read more
    … and S Grannis.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 2424 Conclusions Although diagnosis data … in the United States, Joshua L, Robert ES and Stanley Jr CO (eds). Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press: … Threats Journal RE Gamache and S Grannis. 2011, 4:s132 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 2525 …
  • A Nationwide Geo-Referenced Synthesized Agent Database for Infectious Disease Models

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    Our objective in this research is to develop a national, geospatially-explicit set of human agents for use in agent-based models. [The term 'agents', in agent-based modeling, refers to computerized entities that represent individuals who interact… read more
    … requesting data for defined geographical areas at www.midasmodels.org . REFERENCES [1] Beckman, Richard J., … 6, pp. 415-429, 1996. Further information: Bill Wheaton, wdw@rti.org www.midasmodels.org Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • Expert Meeting on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues in Syndromic Surveillance

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    For syndromic and related public health surveillance systems to be effective, state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) need access to a variety of types of health data. Since the development and… read more
    … be monitored, they typically use data that are routinely col- lected and stored electronically and automate the … in public health. The FIPs can serve as the basis for a “con- cept of operations,” clarifying what information is … surveillance data for infl uenza surveillance (see http://www. syndromic.org/projects/DiSTRIBuTE.htm). Second, public …
  • Digital Surveillance of the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Identifying Hot-spots for Emerging Zoonoses

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    The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-faceted, clandestine industry that has led to the disruption of fragile ecosystems, facilitated the spread of pathogens, and has led to the emergence of novel infectious diseases in humans, domestic animals, and… read more
    … and Vietnam (n�37, 4.0%). Conclusions Available at http://www.healthmap.org/wildlifetrade, the digital wildlife … 2008 [cited 2011 April 14]; Available from: http:// www.traffic.org/trade/. 4. Taylor L, Latham S, Woolhouse M. … purpose) Fig. 1. The wildlife trade website (http://www.healthmap.org/wildlife trade) showing time period from …
  • Using Online Applications with R to Share Surveillance Data

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    Since 2009, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has created and disseminated weekly surveillance reports to share seasonal influenza data with the community and our healthcare partners. Surveillance data is formatted into tables and… read more
    … application is available on Github here: https://github.com/kb230557/Flu_Shiny_App . We would encourage others to … of substantial influenza-related mortality. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/overview.htm#Mortality 6. Map … with little or no influenza virus circulation. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm §Influenza surveillance …
  • Rapid ad-hoc cross-jurisdictional sharing of syndrome data using Distribute technology

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    Cross-jurisdictional sharing of public health syndrome data is useful for many reasons, among them to provide a larger regional or national view of activity and to determine if unusual activity observed in one jurisdiction is atypical. Considerable… read more
    … paradigm.Health Aff (Mill- wood). 2009;28:454�66. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 19276005. 2. Olson DR, Paladini … Concept, 2006 to 2009. PLoS Curr. 2011;3:RRN1251. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.- gov/pubmed/21894257. 3. www.gossamerhealth.org. *Ian Painter E-mail: ipainter@uw.edu …
  • How did specific specialties and new sentinel providers affect ILINet data post 2009 A/H1N1 recognition

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    The United States outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) is one of the five systems used for influenza surveillance in the United States. In Pennsylvania, ILINet providers are asked to report, every Monday, the total number… read more
    … sentinel providers post-outbreak recognition. Sentinel col- leges reported significantly higher levels of ILI, … O Simwale.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 84 …
  • Traveling Epidemic Waves in Biosurveillance Data: Identifying Early Hotspots of Respiratory Illness

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    We have previously shown that timeliness of detection is influenced both by the data source (e.g., ambulatory vs. emergency department) and demographic characteristics of patient populations (e.g., age). Because epidemic waves are thought to… read more
    … there is a referral bias which must be accounted for as a con- founding factor. The model accounts for referral bias … John Brownstein, john_brownstein@harvard.edu; www.chip.org Advances in Disease Surveillance 2006;1:8 …