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Results from the BioSense Jurisdiction-Specific Wbinars
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BioSense is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national near real-time public health surveillance system. CDC’s BioIntelligence Center (BIC) analysts monitor, analyze, and interpret BioSense data daily and provide support to BioSense… read more -
Reverse Engineering of a Syndrome Definition for Influenza
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We report here on the use of the North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org) to reverse engineer a syndrome definition of influenza for the purpose of influenza surveillance. -
Review of the ISDS Distributed Surveillance Taskforce for Real-time Influenza Burden Tracking & Evaluation (DiSTRIBuTE) Project 2007/08 Influenza Season Proof-of-concept Phase
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This paper describes the initiation, development and proof-of-concept phase of the ISDS DiSTRIBuTE influenza morbidity surveillance project [1]. -
ROC Curves in Public Health Surveillance: A First Step in Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Our purpose was to develop an ROC curve for public health surveillance similar to those used in diagnostic testing. We developed syndrome surveillance algorithms with differing sensitivity and specificity in detecting the seasonal influenza (ILI)… read more -
Scanning the Emerging Infectious Diseases Horizon - Visualizing ProMed Emails Using EpiSPIDER
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The Internet has created an information revolution that spans across all knowledge domains and removes temporal and geographic barriers. Various disparate tools allow individuals to communicate with each other across these barriers. We also have an… read more -
Seasonal Patterns of Gastrointestinal Illness
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Objective: To investigate seasonal patterns of gastrointestinal (GI) illness among children and adults. -
Seasonal Patterns of Respiratory Diseases: a Proxy for Influenza?
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One of the most important goals of disease surveillance is to identify the "what" and "when" of an epidemic. Influenza surveillance is made difficult by inconsistent laboratory testing, deficiencies in testing techniques, and coding… read more -
Rates and causes of stillbirth in a demographic surveillance site in Karachi, Pakistan
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Stillbirth remained a neglected issue absent from mention in Millennium Development Goals. An estimated 2.6 million babies are stillborn every year with highest rate in Pakistan, 43.1 stillbirths/1000 births. There is lack of good quality… read more
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