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Evaluation of Animal Rabies Surveillance System, Ekiti State, Nigeria, 2012-2017
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Rabies is a zoonotic, neglected viral disease. Every 10 minutes, the world loses a life, especially children, to dog-mediated rabies. Yet it is 100% preventable. Africa, including Nigeria, has major share of the disease. Eradication of human rabies… read more -
Evaluation of ESSENCE Syndromic Definitions for ED Visits Related to Falls in Icy Weather
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Icy weather events increase the risk for injury from falls on untreated or inadequately treated surfaces. These events often result in ED visits, which represents a significant public health and economic impact1. The goal of this project was to… read more -
Evaluation of First Electronic Case Reports received in Illinois
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Communicable disease reporting from providers can be a time-consuming process that results in delayed or incomplete reporting of infectious diseases, limiting public health's ability to respond quickly to prevent or control disease. The recent… read more -
Evaluation of Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Injury Case Definitions for Use with NC DETECT
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Over the last few decades, the United States has made considerable progress in decreasing the incidence of motor vehicle occupants injured and killed in traffic collisions.1 However, there is still a need for continued motor vehicle crash (MVC)… read more -
Evaluation of REDCap to Supplement Foodborne Disease Surveillance Systems
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The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) Foodborne Disease Program conducts routine surveillance for foodborne illnesses and enteric disease outbreaks and participates in statewide enhanced surveillance as part of the Foodborne Disease Center for… read more -
Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance for Opioid Overdose Reporting in Illinois
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Accuracy in identifying drug-related emergency department admissions is critical to understanding local burden of disease and assessing effectiveness of drug abuse prevention and overdose-reduction initiatives. In 2018 the Illinois Department of… read more -
Examining and improving reproducible research practices in public health
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An important goal of surveillance is to inform public health interventions that aim to reduce the burden of disease in the population. Ensuring accuracy of results is paramount to achieving this goal. However, science is currently facing a… read more -
Exploring Drug Overdose Mortality Data in Harris County, Texas
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Drug overdose mortality is a growing problem in the United States. In 2017 alone over 72,000 deaths were attributed to drug overdose, most of which were caused by fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (synthetic opioids). While nearly every community has… read more