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Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance Data Streams in Animal Health
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USDA-APHIS-VS utilizes several continuous data streams to increase our knowledge of animal health and provide situational awareness of emerging animal health issues. In addition, USDA- APHIS-VS often conducts pilot projects to see if regular data… read more -
A Novel Zoonotic Disease Outbreak Course to improve Surveillance and Response for the USDA
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Outbreak Investigations course consisted to a series of 8 online modules, covering: •Confirm that an outbreak is occurring and confirm diagnosis •Case definition •Descriptive Epidemiology •Hypothesis Generation •Analytic Epidemiology •Preliminary… read more -
WHISPers, the USGS-NWHC Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership Event Reporting System
Content Type: Abstract
Although national surveillance systems are maintained for human health (CDC) and for livestock disease (USDA); there is no network or data repository in the area of wildlife disease surveillance. Because emerging and re-emerging diseases severely… read more