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Utility of Syndromic Surveillance Using Novel Clinical Data Sources
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Discusses the current state of syndromic surveillance using inpatient and ambulatory clinical data in the United States and the potential utility of the data. The Meaningful Use Stages 2 and 3 regulations incentivize the use of these data sources.… read more -
Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Relation to Temperature
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Extreme temperatures are consistently shown to have an effect on CVD-related mortality [1, 2]. A large multi-city study of mortality demonstrated a cold-day and hot-day weather effect on CVD-related deaths, with the larger impact occurring on the… read more -
Operational Experience: Integration of ASPR Data into ESSENCE-FL during the RNC
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Florida has implemented various surveillance methods to augment existing sources of surveillance data and enhance decision making with timely evidence based assessments to guide response efforts post-hurricanes. Historically, data collected from… read more -
A Conceptual Strategy for Stengthening eSurveillance in the African Region
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In response to major epidemic and pandemic outbreaks, WHO-AFRO and its Member States have adopted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy to address International Health Regulations (2005) as well as individual Member Stateâ… read more -
A Data Mining Approach to Identify Climatic Determinants of Dengue Fever Patterns in French Guiana
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Epidemic dynamics of dengue fever are driven by complex interactions between hosts, vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors [1]. The development of new methods to identify such specific characteristics becomes… read more -
A Dictionary-based Method for Detecting Anomalous Chief Complaint Text in Individual Records
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The success of syndromic surveillance depends on the ability of the surveillance community to quickly and accurately recognize anomalous data. Current methods of anomaly detection focus on sets of syndromic categories and rely on a priori knowledge… read more -
A Health and Demographic Surveillance System in a Low Socioeconomic Setting in Karachi, Pakistan
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Karachi is the largest metropolitan, principal port city and commercial hub of Pakistan. Although there is a national database for registering vital evens such as births and deaths but like in any other developing country the coverage of the system… read more -
A National Electronic System for Disease Surveillance in Rwanda (eIDSR): Lessons Learned from a Successful Implementation
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In Rwanda, communicable diseases represent about 90% of all reported medical consultations in health centers. The country has often faced epidemics including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. To enhance its preparedness to identify and… read more