TepiSense: A Social Computing-Based Real-Time Epidemic Surveillance System Using Artificial Intelligence by Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Amir Mehmood

“…Overall, our system offers a powerful tool for real-time disease surveillance using social media with potential implications for public health policy and decision-making.…”
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"Without a man's decision, nothing works": Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenya. by Irene N Mutambo, Bernard Bett, Salome A Bukachi

“…They also collaborated with community disease surveillance initiatives to strengthen disease surveillance networks and gain access to county government support. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Clinical <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strains from Livestock and Poultry in Shandong Province, China During 2015–2020 by Miaoli Wang, Shaopeng Wu, Yao Wang, Feng Chen, Zhangqi Shen, Zouran Lan

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Integrating post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis with the WHO STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in Niue, a study protocol. by Adam T Craig, Harriet Lawford, Grizelda Mokoia, Minerva Ikimau, Peter Fetaui, Tonia Marqardt, Colleen L Lau

“…WHO has encouraged an integrated approach to disease surveillance and integrating LF post-validation surveillance (PVS) with existing surveys is an anticipated recommendation of the upcoming WHO LF-PVS guidelines. …”
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Specific Viruses Detected in Nigerian Children in Association with Acute Respiratory Disease by Oluwabukola M. Akinloye, Esa Rönkkö, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Thedi Ziegler, Bamidele A. Iwalokun, Mope A. Deji-Agboola, Afolabi Oluwadun, Merja Roivainen, Festus D. Adu, Tapani Hovi

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African swine fever in the Primorsky Krai: disease situation and molecular and biological properties of the isolate recovered from a wild boar long bone by А. R. Shotin, A. S. Igolkin, Ali Mazloum, I. V. Shevchenko, N. S. Bardina, E. O. Morozova, А. А. Shevtsov

“…To prevent the continuation of the epizooty and deterioration of the current situation the approaches to the disease surveillance and control need to be modified.…”
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Self-reported illnesses in Thatta: Evidence from a rural and underdeveloped district in Sindh province, Pakistan. by Muhammad Ashar Malik, Rahat Batool, Muhammad Ahmed, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Zafar Ahmed Fatmi, Sarah Saleem, Sameen Siddiqui

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Self-reported illnesses (SRI) surveys are widely used as a low-cost substitute for weak Disease Surveillance Systems in low- and low-middle-income countries. …”
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Forecasting models for leprosy cases: a scoping review protocol by Bruna Oliveira Ascef, Gustavo Laine Araújo de Oliveira, Carmelita Ribeiro Filha Coriolano, Haliton Alves De Oliveira Junior

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Epidemiology of Lyme Disease by Dennis J White

“…Investigation of the epidemiology of Lyme disease depends upon information generated from several sources. Human disease surveillance can be conducted by both passive and active means involving physicians, public health agencies and laboratories. …”
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Risk assessment and hierarchical classification of foodborne disease epidemics during major events in Beijing: an empirical study based on surveillance data analysis by Jinru JIANG, Yangbo WU, Tongyu WANG, Chao WANG, Yanlin NIU, Di WANG, Liping LI, Qian CHEN, Yao ZHAO, Xiaochen MA

“…MethodsAccording to the World Health Organization's list of foodborne diseases, combined with the foodborne diseases monitored by the Beijing Foodborne Disease Surveillance System during the major sports event from 2016 to 2020 (November to April of the following year) as risk factors, the risk levels of foodborne diseases in the key population and the general population of a major sports event in Beijing were evaluated using the risk matrix method and the Borda count method. …”
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Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 by David Scheifele, Alison Bell, Taj Jadavji, Wendy Vaudry, John Waters, Monika Naus, Jill Sciberras

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess vaccine effectiveness through enhanced disease surveillance following the change in childhood immunization programs in 1995, when all provinces and territories chose to use polyribosyl ribitol phosphate-tetanus protein (PRP-T) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine, generally in combination with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus inactivated polio vaccine (DPT-IPV) (as PENTA vaccine) because the protective efficacy of this regimen had not been directly measured.…”
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Applying Hotspot Detection Methods in Forestry: A Case Study of Chestnut Oak Regeneration by Songlin Fei

“…Hotspot detection has been widely adopted in health sciences for disease surveillance, but rarely in natural resource disciplines. …”
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An exact approach to calibrating infectious disease models to surveillance data: The case of HIV and HSV-2 by David J. Gerberry

“…When mathematical models of infectious diseases are used to inform health policy, an important first step is often to calibrate a model to disease surveillance data for a specific setting (or multiple settings). …”
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Close Contact Tracing and Risky Area Identification Using Alpha Shape Algorithm and Binary Contact Detection Model Based on Bluetooth 5.1 by Qianfeng Lin, Jooyoung Son

“…By harnessing the precise data capture capabilities of Bluetooth 5.1, this study accurately tracks interpersonal interactions and delineated high-risk areas, effectively enhancing close contact tracing and disease surveillance efforts. The Binary Contact Detection Model utilizes In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) data to identify close contacts with high accuracy, while the alpha shape algorithm helps in mapping out areas most susceptible to disease transmission. …”
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGNS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA by Yvonne Oshevwe Okoro, Oluwatoyin Ayo-Farai, Chinedu Paschal Maduka, Chiamaka Chinaemelum Okongwu, Olamide Tolulope Sodamade

“…Analyzing the transformative potential and challenges, the study examines AI’s role in disease surveillance, diagnostics, and predictive modeling, alongside Big Data’s contributions to personalized interventions and comprehensive health understanding. …”
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Non-detection of emerging and re-emerging pathogens in wastewater surveillance to confirm absence of transmission risk: A case study of polio in New York. by David A Larsen, Dustin Hill, Yifan Zhu, Mohammed Alazawi, Dana Chatila, Christopher Dunham, Catherine Faruolo, Brandon Ferro, Alejandro Godinez, Brianna Hanson, Tabassum Insaf, Dan Lang, Dana Neigel, Milagros Neyra, Nicole Pulido, Max Wilder, Nan Yang, Brittany Kmush, Hyatt Green

“…Infectious disease surveillance systems, including wastewater surveillance, can alert communities to the threat of emerging pathogens. …”
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Positron emission tomography tracers for synucleinopathies by Jie Xiang, Zhentao Zhang, Shengxi Wu, Keqiang Ye

“…Therefore, molecular imaging is crucial for synucleinopathies, particularly for clinical diagnosis, assessment of drug efficacy, and disease surveillance. In recent years, advances in molecular imaging have led to rapid development of α-synuclein-specific tracers for positron emission tomography (PET), most of which are still in pre-clinical stages. …”
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Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

“…Improved chronic disease surveillance can provide more timely, accurate, and local measures to inform public health policy and intervention. …”
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Confocal Endomicroscopy of Colorectal Polyps by Vivian M. Ussui, Michael B. Wallace

“…Immediate potential applications of CLE are to guide biopsy sampling in Barrett's esophagus and inflammatory bowel disease surveillance, evaluation of colorectal polyps, and intraductal imaging of the pancreas and bile duct. …”
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Upper endoscopic findings in patients attending the endoscopy unit of al-azhar assiut university hospital: 2019–2020 by Hamdy M. Moustafa, Ahmed Q. Mohamed, Safwat S. Sawy, Amel A. Moustafa

“…Upper endoscopy has effective diagnostic and therapeutic functions; it can be used in patients with signs or symptoms suggestive of upper gastrointestinal (GI) disease, surveillance for upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) malignancy in high-risk population, and also stoppage of upper GIT bleeding. …”
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