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Multiple Source Spatial Cluster Detection Through Multicriteria Analysis
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Multiple data sources are essential to provide reliable information regarding the emergence of potential health threats, compared to single source methods [1,2]. Spatial Scan Statistics have been adapted to analyze multivariate data sources [1]. In… read more -
National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness
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The National Collaborative for Bio-Preparedness (NCB-Prepared) was established in 2010 to create a biosurveillance resource to enhance situational awareness and emergency preparedness. This jointinstitutional effort has drawn on expertise from the… read more -
New Strategy and Innovative Projects at the National Biosurveillance Integration Center
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For a number of years, the federal government has provided biosurveillance in various domains within different departments and agencies. Congress recognized the need for a means of integrating these separate information sources into a more useable… read more -
New Strategy to Monitor and Assess Laboratory Biosafety Programs
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Laboratory biosafety – a component of biosecurity – has specific elements that together, comprise a facility’s capability to both protect employees and the surrounding public and environment. Measuring these elements permits assessment and the… read more -
Nontraumatic Oral Health Classification for Alternative Use of Syndromic Data
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Lack of access to regular dental care often results in costly, oral health visits to EDs that could otherwise have been prevented or managed by a dentist (1). Most studies on oral health-related visits to EDs have used a wide range of… read more -
Novel Emergency Department High Utilizer Surveillance In New Hampshire
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Researchers have demonstrated benefits to identifying and developing interventions for patients that frequently seek healthcare services in the ED. The New Yorker Magazine, recently published an article titled The Hot Spotters, summarizing work… read more -
On the implementation of the Biological Threat Reduction Program in the Republic of Uzbekistan
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The Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) has been being implemented in the Republic of Uzbekistan since 2004 within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the United States of… read more -
One Health Surveillance with Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System
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EIDSS supports collection and analysis of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory information on infectious diseases in medical, veterinary and environmental sectors. At this moment the system is deployed in Kazakhstan at 150 sites (planned 271) in… read more