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Optimizing Simultaneously the Geometry and the Internal Cohesion of Clusters
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Irregularly shaped cluster finders frequently end up with a solution consisting of a large zone z spreading through the map, which is merely a collection of the highest valued regions, but not a geographically sound cluster. One way… read more -
Partnering for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: the Georgia Syndromic Surveillance Program and the Georgia Power Company
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The Georgia Power Corporation (GPC) provides power to 155 (97.5%) of the 159 counties in Georgia (GA), and employs 9,600 people throughout the state. GPC is engaged in preparing for pandemic influenza, and committed to protecting… read more -
Performance Characteristics of Control Chart Detection Methods
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To recognize outbreaks so that early interventions can be applied, BioSense uses a modification of the EARS C2 method, stratifying days used to calculate the expected value by weekend vs weekday, and including a rate-based method… read more -
Progress towards rabies elimination from Pemba Island, Southern Tanzania
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Rabies is endemic in Tanzania and has circulated on Pemba Island since the late 1990s. In 2010, an elimination programme was initiated in Southern Tanzania to demonstrate that human rabies deaths can be eliminated through mass dog vaccinations. We… read more -
Performance of a Syndromic Surveillance System for Detecting Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following a Severe Windstorm
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On December 14th, 2006, a severe windstorm in western Washington caused hundreds of thousands of residents to lose power. On December 15, 2006, there was a surge in emergency department (ED) visits for patients presenting with signs… read more -
Performance of an Adaptive Anomaly Detection Algorithm for a Low Incidence Syndrome Before and After a Major Outbreak
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Ideal anomaly detection algorithms should detect both sudden and gradual changes, while keeping the background false positive alert rate at a tolerable level. Further, the algorithm needs to perform well when the need is to detect… read more -
Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more -
Performances of a Syndromic Surveillance System during a Heat Wave
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The 2003 heat wave in France (15,000 extra deaths in 10 days) led the French institute for public health surveillance to modify its public health surveillance system. One of the major objectives of this program was a real time… read more