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Enhanced Aedes spp. surveillance across jurisdictions in Arizona’s border region
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As part of a statewide effort to enhance surveillance for Aedes spp.mosquitoes the Office of Border Health (OBH) took the lead inproviding technical assistance on surveillance in counties bordering Mexico. In 2016, OBH sought ways to enhance… read more -
Can Telehealth Ontario Respiratory Call Volume be Used as a Proxy for Emergency Department Respiratory Visit Surveillance by Public Health?
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The prompt detection of disease outbreaks is a major concern to public health as it has the potential to reduce morbidity and mortality (1). Real-time syndromic surveillance uses existing non-traditional data for timely analysis and feedback to… read more -
Canadian and United States Cross-Border Collaboration for Syndromic Surveillance: Overview and Recommendations from an International Society for Disease Surveillance
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The objectives of this consultation, supported by the International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS), were to develop expert, consensus-based recommendations to promote Canadian and U.S. collaboration in using syndromic surveillance (SS) to… read more -
Canine Tick Diagnoses are a Sentinel for Tick-borne Diseases in People
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To determine if ticks on dogs can provide early warning for tick-borne diseases in people. -
Case Studies in the Use of the National Poison Data System (NPDS)
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The National Poison Data System (NPDS) is maintained and operated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) for the analysis, visualization, and reporting of call data from all 61 regional poison centers (PCs) in cooperation with… read more -
Catchment Area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Room - Implications for Syndromic Surveillance in Miami-Dade County
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This research aims to determine the catchment area of Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Department (ED). The purpose is to identify pediatric populations and territories within Miami-Dade County that are insufficiently covered by this hospital's… read more -
Characterization of Patients with Clinical Features Consistent with Inhalational Anthrax in an Emergency Department Population
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The objective of this work was to elucidate clinical features for distinguishing inhalational anthrax (IA) from ED patients. -
Characterizing Repeated Outbreak Patterns in Influenza Time Series
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In some influenza seasons, morbidity and mortality closely follow the expected seasonal variation. In these years, approaches such as SerflingÃs model and seasonal-based syndromic outbreak detectors, in use in EARS, work well. In other years,… read more