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Fleas as Vectors of Especially Dangerous Infections in Jermuk Region, 2010-2016
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The Jermuk region of the Zangezur mezofocus is part of the transcaucasian highland focus of plague. This enzootic area is polyvectorial. The mezofocus has rich fauna with approximately eight species of fleas: Callopsylla caspia, Ctenophthalmus… read more -
Outbreak of ED visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, Mayotte Island
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On October 2016, the Indian Ocean Regional Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of SC on Mayotte Island. In this context, an investigation based on a syndromic surveillance system… read more -
Streamlining Foodborne Disease Surveillance with Open-Source Data Management Software
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The National Surveillance Team in the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects electronic data from all state and regional public health laboratories on human infections caused by… read more -
Free-Text Mining to Improve Syndrome Definition Matching Across Emergency Departments
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Standard syndrome definitions for ED visits in ESSENCE rely on chief complaints. Visits with more words in the chief complaint field are more likely to match syndrome definitions. While using ESSENCE, we observed geographic differences in chief… read more -
Opioid Surveillance using Social Media: How URLs are shared among Reddit members
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Nearly 100 people per day die from opioid overdose in the United States. Further, prescription opioid abuse is assumed to be responsible for a 15-year increase in opioid overdose deaths. However, with increasing use of social media comes increasing… read more -
Implementation of a Laboratory Information System in Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe's National Health Laboratory Services faces multiple challenges related to inadequate financial support and skilled human resources, insufficient infrastructure, and inefficient tracking of clinical samples collected by health facilities.… read more -
Seroprevalence and Molecular Epidemiosurveillance of Brucellosis in Pakistan
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Livestock sector contributes more than 58% to agriculture-based economy of Pakistan. Diseases of socio-economic importance are posing an enormous pressure to the growth of this sector. Zoonotic diseases are generally neglected in wake of epizootics… read more -
Surveillance for Prevention & Identification of GI Illness Outbreaks Associated with Swimming Pools
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Swimming in contaminated pools can cause gastroenteritis from water contaminated by viruses, bacteria, or parasites. Germs that cause gastroenteritis are shed in feces of infected persons, and easily spread to uninfected persons swimming in pools.… read more