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Real-time surveillance and response system for Ebola and other emerging infections
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Improving surveillance and response is a critical component of the Global Health Security Agenda. While it is impossible to predict where the next Ebola outbreak will occur, it is very likely that another outbreak will occur in the DRC. Of the 20… read more -
Socio-Demographic and Temporal Patterns of Emergency Department Patients Who Do Not Reside in Miami-Dade County, 2007
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Visitors from areas outside Miami-Dade County have the potential to introduce diseases and/or strains of microorganisms circulating in their regions of residence. Immunocompromised and immunonaive travelers are at higher risk of… read more -
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Tuberculosis in Fukuoka, Japan
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Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as a global public health epidemic in recent years. TB remains a serious public health problem among certain patient populations, and is prevalent in many urban areas. The World Health Organization estimates that… read more -
Spatio-Temporal Visualizations as Interface: Constructing Geographic Animations of Disease Surveillance Data in a Syndromic Surveillance System
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As the Georgia Division of Public Health began constructing a systems interface for its syndromic surveillance program, the nature and intended use of these data inspired new approaches to interface design. With the temporal and spatial components… read more -
Stakeholder Perspectives of Biosurveillance: a Qualitative Analysis
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For more than a decade, biosurveillance systems (and more recently BioSense) have been employed in the United States. Efforts to drastically expand these surveillance capacities have been a national priority given concerns … read more -
Standard Operation Procedures for Three Syndromic Surveillance Systems in Washoe County, Nevada - A Local Perspective
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Washoe County District Health Department (WCDHD) is a local health district serving nearly 400,000 residents in Washoe County including cities of Reno and Sparks, the second largest urban area in Nevada. To enhance overall public health surveillance… read more -
State Surveillance Data Improves a Clinical Prediction Model for Pertussis
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Bordetella Pertussis outbreaks cause morbidity in all age groups, but the infection is most dangerous for young infants. Pertussis is difficult to diagnose, especially in its early stages, and definitive test results are not… read more -
STL and Local Regression for Modeling Disease Surveillance Counts
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Numerous methods have been applied to the problem of modeling temporal properties of disease surveillance data; the ESSENCE system contains a widely used approach (1). STL (2) is a flexible, wellproven method for temporal… read more
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