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Novel Use of Flu Surveillance Data: Evaluating Potential of Sentinel Populations for Early Detection of Influenza Outbreaks. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality each year, with 2-8% of weekly outpatient visits around the United States for influenza-like-illness (ILI) during the peak of the season.
Ashlynn R Daughton, Nileena Velappan, Esteban Abeyta, Reid Priedhorsky, Alina Deshpande   +4 more
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From planning to practice: building the national network for the surveillance of severe maternal morbidity

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Improving maternal health is one of the Millennium Development Goals for 2015. Recently some progress has been achieved in reducing mortality.
Bahamondes Maria V, Camargo Rodrigo S, Pacagnella Rodolfo C, Surita Fernanda G, Pinto e Silva João L, Sousa Maria H, Costa Maria L, Souza João P, Parpinelli Mary A, Cecatti José G, Haddad Samira M, Zotareli Vilma, Gurgel Lúcio T, Say Lale, Pattinson Robert C   +14 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]

, 2015
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use, Center for Substance Abuse Research, European Monitoring Centre For Drugs And Drug Addiction, Sumnall H   +3 more
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A New Influenza-Tracking Smartphone App (Flu-Report) Based on a Self-Administered Questionnaire: Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018
BackgroundInfluenza infections can spread rapidly, and influenza outbreaks are a major public health concern worldwide. Early detection of signs of an influenza pandemic is important to prevent global outbreaks.
Fujibayashi, Kazutoshi, Takahashi, Hiromizu, Tanei, Mika, Uehara, Yuki, Yokokawa, Hirohide, Naito, Toshio   +5 more
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European surveillance of infections in cancer patients - ESIC [PDF]

, 1999
Major advances in cancer therapy result from development of multidrug chemotherapy regimens. Besides death from tumor progression, infections are currently one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity.
Buchheidt, D., Donnelly, J. P., Helmerking, M., Hiddemann, Wolfgang, Karthaus, M., Krcmery, V., Schiel, X., Wilhelm, M.   +7 more
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A computational approach to predicting principal discharge diagnoses for enhanced morbidity surveillance [PDF]

PeerJ Computer Science
Accurate principal discharge diagnoses are fundamental for effective morbidity surveillance, yet healthcare systems worldwide are plagued by imprecise and non-specific coding, hindering public health analysis and resource allocation.
Daniel Arias-Garzón, Oscar Jaramillo Robledo, Andrés Paolo Castaño Vélez, Reinel Tabares-Soto   +3 more
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Results from the centers for disease control and prevention's predict the 2013-2014 Influenza Season Challenge [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Early insights into the timing of the start, peak, and intensity of the influenza season could be useful in planning influenza prevention and control activities.
Allen, Christopher, Alper, David, Aman, Susan, Anil Kumar, V. S., Aslam, Anoshã, Bakach, Iurii, Barrett, Chris, BASAGNI, Stefano, Biggerstaff, Matthew, Bisset, Keith, Broniatowski, David, Brooks, Logan, Brownstein, John S., Butler, Patrick, Chakraborty, Prithwish, Chandra, Priyadarshini, Chen, Jiangzhuo, Del Valle, Sara Y., Deshpande, Alina, Dredze, Mark, Eggo, Rosalind, Eubank, Stephen, Fairchild, Geoffrey, Farrow, David, Finelli, Lyn, Fox, Spencer, Fung, Isaac Chun Hai, Gambhir, Manoj, Generous, Nicholas, GESUALDO, Francesco, Goldstein, Ed, Hao, Yi, Henderson, Jette, Hickman, Kyle S., Hickmann, Kyle S., Hyman, James M., Hyun, Sangwon, Karspeck, Alicia, Kaup, Hemchandra, Khadivi, Pejman, Krishnan, Ramesh, Laskowski, Kathy, Lewis, Bryan, Lipsitch, Marc, Lum, Kristian, Madhavan, Satish, Marathe, Madhav, Markar, Ashirwad, Mekaru, Sumiko R., Meyers, Lauren Ancel, Nagel, Anna, Nsoesie, Elaine O., Pashley, Bryanne, Paul, Michael, PERRA, NICOLA, Priedhorsky, Reid, Ramakrishnan, Anurekha, Ramakrishnan, Naren, Rosenfeld, Roni, Scarpino, Sam, Schaible, Braydon J., Scott, James, Sexton, Jessica K., Shaman, Jeffrey, Singh, Bismark, Srinivasan, Ravi, STILO, GIOVANNI, Tibshirani, Ryan J., Tozzi, Alberto E., Tse, Zion Tsz Ho, Tsou, Ming Hsiang, VELARDI, Paola, Vespignani, Alessandro, Yang, Wan, Ying, Yuchen, Zhang, Qian   +75 more
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Morbidity surveillance following the midwest flood--Missouri, 1993.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 1993
Heavy spring and summer rains during 1993 caused flooding by both the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and by streams in 84 of the 115 counties in Missouri; all 84 were declared federal disaster areas. The Mississippi River attained flood stage during July 15-August 2, and the Missouri River, during July 25-August 2; a total of 2,060,757 acres were ...
openaire   +3 more sources

СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ ИНФОРМАТИЗАЦИИ СИСТЕМЫ ЭПИДЕМИОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО НАДЗОРА ЗА ИНФЕКЦИЯМИ

Medična Informatika ta Inženerìâ, 2013
In this paper problems of informatization in the field of epidemiological monitoring and surveillance for infectious diseases are considered. Methods for the evaluation the current epidemic situation, calculating of acceptable levels of morbidity ...
Т. А. Чумаченко, О. С. Радивоненко, Т. В. Корчак, В. И. Макарова   +3 more
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Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Hazardous Drinking, Tobacco and Drug use in urban Tanzania, and Their associated Risk Factors. [PDF]

, 2009
Evidence suggests substance abuse in Tanzania is a growing public health problem. A random sample of 899 adults aged 15-59 in two urban sites of differing levels of poverty surveyed alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use.
Araya, Bethany White, Breeze, Brugha, Brugha, Chagas Silva, Chande, Davis, Ezzati, Farrell, Flisher, Grant, Green, Gureje, Jenkins, Jenkins, Joseph Mbatia, Kilonzo, Kilonzo, Kitange, Kitange, Lewis, Lima, Lynskey, McCurdy, Meltzer, Meltzer, Mitsunaga, Mswia, Ngoma, Nicola Singleton, Nikander, Parry, Parry, Patel, Rachel Jenkins, Rahim, Rehm, Rijken, Room, Saunders, Shayo, Singleton, Timpson, Unwin, van Oers, Wickramasinghe, Wolff   +47 more
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