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Using GI Syndrome Data as an Early Warning Tool for Norovirus Outbreak Activity
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Norovirus infection results in considerable morbidity in the United States where an estimated 21 million illnesses, 70,000 hospitalizations, and 800 deaths are caused by NV annually. Additionally, NV is responsible for approximately 50% of foodborne… read more -
Using Google Dengue Trends to Estimate Climate Effects in Mexico
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The incidence of dengue fever (DF) has increased 30 fold between 1960 and 2010. The literature suggests that temperature plays a major role in the life cycle of the mosquito vector and in turn, the timing of DF outbreaks. We use real-time data from… read more -
Using Information Entropy to Monitor Chief Complaint Characteristics and Quality
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Health care processes consume increasing volumes of digital data. However, creating and leveraging high quality integrated health data is challenging because large-scale health data derives from systems where data is captured from varying workflows… read more -
A Grid Based Approach to Share Public Health Surveillance Applications - The R Example
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Currently, there’s little effective communication and collaboration among public health departments. The lack of collaboration has resulted in more than 300 separate biosurveillance systems, which are disease specific, not integrated or… read more -
Integrating data from disparate data systems for improved HIV reporting: Lessons learned
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In 2015, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) responded to a large HIV outbreak among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in Scott County. Information to manage the public health response to this event and its aftermath included data from… read more -
Tourism and Health Information System (THiS) in the Caribbean, June-September 2017
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Travel and tourism pose global health security risks via the introduction and spread of disease, as demonstrated by the H1N1 pandemic (2009), Chikungunya (2013), and recent Zika virus outbreak. In 2016, nearly 60 million persons visited the… read more -
Executing a One Health approach during a zoonotic outbreak response
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The One Health paradigm emphasizes cooperation and interdisciplinary collaboration to promote health and well-being among people, animals and the environment. Though the concept of One Health has been around since the 1800âs, the phrase âOne… read more -
Utilization of Syndromic Surveillance to Identify Naled-Related Illness in Florida
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Pesticide-related illness and injury is a reportable condition in Florida. In August and September 2016, aerial spraying for mosquito control was conducted in an effort to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Miami-Dade County.1 Two… read more