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Enhanced Influenza Surveillance using Telephone Triage Data in the VA ESSENCE Biosurveillance System
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Telephone triage is a relatively new data source available to biosurveillance systems.1-2Because early detection and warning is a high priority, many biosurveillance systems have begun to collect and analyze data from non-traditional sources [… read more -
Enhanced Surveillance during the Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, NC
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North Carolina hosted the 2012 Democratic National Convention, September 3-6, 2012. The NC Epidemiology and Surveillance Team was created to facilitate enhanced surveillance for injuries and illnesses, early detection of outbreaks during the DNC,… read more -
Enhancing Surveillance for Arboviral Infections in the Arizona Border Region
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West Nile Virus (WNV) and dengue virus (DENV) are both arboviruses which are transmitted to humans by an infected mosquito bite during blood-meal feeding. The clinical presentations of nonneuroinvasive WNV and dengue fever are similar, and symptoms… read more -
Establishment of a One Health Surveillance Initiative in the CA/Baja CA Border Region
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The CA/BC border region encompasses a wide range of ecosystems, topography, dense urban areas, and agricultural developments that coexist in a limited geographic area and create numerous humananimal-environmental interfaces. The region is recognized… read more -
Estimation of Influenza Incidence by Age in the 2011/12 Seasons in Japan using SASSy
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So as to develop more effective countermeasures against influenza, timely and precise information about influenza activity at schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools may be helpful. At the Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center of the National… read more -
Evaluating a Social Network Analytic Tool to Support Outbreak Management and Contact Tracing in an Outbreak of Pertussis
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Pertussis (i.e., whooping cough) is on the rise in the US. To implement effective prevention and treatment strategies, it is critical to conduct timely contact tracing and evaluate people who may have come into contact with an infected person. We… read more -
Evaluating Biosurveillance System Components using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
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The evaluation of biosurveillance system components is a complex, multi-objective decision that requires consideration of a variety of factors. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis provides a methodology to assist in the objective analysis of these… read more -
Evaluating Syndromic Data for Surveillance of Non-infectious Disease
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Syndromic surveillance data has predominantly been used for surveillance of infectious disease and for broad symptom types that could be associated with bioterrorism. There has been a growing interest to expand the uses of syndromic data beyond… read more