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Biosurveillance, a relatively young field, has recently increased in importance because of its relevance to national security and global health. Databases and tools describing particular subsets of disease are becoming increasingly common in the field. However, a common method to describe those diseases is lacking.
Daughton, A. R. +9 more
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Botulinum Neurotoxin Detection Methods for Public Health Response and Surveillance
Botulism outbreak due to consumption of food contaminated with botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) is a public health emergency. The threat of bioterrorism through deliberate distribution in food sources and/or aerosolization of BoNTs raises global public ...
Nagarajan Thirunavukkarasu +13 more
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Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security Program [PDF]
The program for the April 12, 2011 colloquium on Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S.
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A comprehensive review of Pseudoperonospora cubensis: biology, epidemiology, and disease management
Over the past two decades, significant changes in the population structure of Pseudoperonospora cubensis have been reported worldwide. These changes have been associated with, among other things, severe epidemics of cucurbit downy mildew that are now ...
Isaack Kikway +3 more
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Chemical pollution of surface waters represents a major challenge in Africa, particularly in urban and industrialized areas. The use of biomarkers to monitor this pollution has emerged as an effective approach to assess water quality and its impacts on ...
Afoussatou Amadou +2 more
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Selecting essential information for biosurveillance--a multi-criteria decision analysis.
The National Strategy for Biosurveillance defines biosurveillance as "the process of gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information related to all-hazards threats or disease activity affecting human, animal, or plant health
Nicholas Generous +7 more
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Annual cycle of bats in a cave of Jebel Errwa, a sub-desert zone of central Tunisia
Bat use of the “Bat cave” of Jebel Errwa (central Tunisia) was studied over one year. A maximum of 650 bats were found during diurnal and nocturnal surveys.
Ridha Dalhoumi +3 more
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Wavelet-Based Monitoring for Biosurveillance
Biosurveillance, focused on the early detection of disease outbreaks, relies on classical statistical control charts for detecting disease outbreaks. However, such methods are not always suitable in this context.
Galit Shmueli
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Landscape of international event-based biosurveillance.
Event-based biosurveillance is a scientific discipline in which diverse sources of data, many of which are available from the Internet, are characterized prospectively to provide information on infectious disease events. Biosurveillance complements traditional public health surveillance to provide both early warning of infectious disease events and ...
Hartley, DM +11 more
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The gold standard for diagnosing malaria remains microscopic examination; however, its application is frequently impeded by the lack of a standardized framework that guarantees uniformity and quality, particularly in scenarios with limited resources and ...
Dhevisha Sukumarran +7 more
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