Articles for August Literature Review

The ISDS Research Committee is now accepting submissions for its August Literature Review, which will be taking place on Thursday, August 27th at 10:00 am EDT.

This file gathers recent selections from our PubCrawler search; several articles concern the H1N1 threat. Articles are cited at the end of this email; should you need to download any of them, please inquire about gaining access to the Research Committee's gmail account.

Please email your input on any selected articles by August 26 to: rviola-at-syndromic.org.
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Kelley PW.
A commentary on the military role in global influenza surveillance.
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Sep;37(3):260-1.

Owens AB, Canas LC, Russell KL, Neville JS, Pavlin JA, MacIntosh VH, Gray GC, Gaydos JC.
Department of Defense Global Laboratory-Based Influenza Surveillance: 1998-2005.
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Sep;37(3):235-41.

Watkins RE, Eagleson S, Veenendaal B, Wright G, Plant AJ.
Disease surveillance using a hidden Markov model.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2009 Aug 10;9(1):39. [Epub ahead of print]

O'neill PD.
Bayesian inference for stochastic multitype epidemics in structured populations using sample data. Biostatistics. 2009 Jul 31.

Buehler JW, Whitney EA, Smith D, Prietula MJ, Stanton SH, Isakov AP.
Situational Uses of Syndromic Surveillance.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2009 Jun;7(2):165-177.

McLeod M, Mason K, White P, Read D.
The 2005 Wellington influenza outbreak: syndromic surveillance of Wellington Hospital Emergency Department activity may have provided early warning.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009 Jun;33(3):289-94.

Xing J, Burkom H, Moniz L, Edgerton J, Leuze M, Tokars J.
Evaluation of sliding baseline methods for spatial estimation for cluster detection in the biosurveillance system. Int J Health Geogr. 2009 Jul 17;8(1):45.

May L, Chretien JP, Pavlin JA.
Beyond traditional surveillance: applying syndromic surveillance to developing settings--opportunities and challenges. BMC Public Health. 2009 Jul 16;9(1):242.

Bilancia M, Fedespina A.
Geographical clustering of lung cancer in the province of Lecce, Italy: 1992-2001.
Int J Health Geogr. 2009 Jul 1;8(1):40.

Tang XY, Huang TR, Zhu XD, Hu MQ, Xu J, Zhou HX.
[Using spatial autocorrelation analysis to study spatial heterogeneity of liver cancer in Guangxi]

Wang XL, Wang QY, Liu DL, Zeng DJ, Cheng H, Li S, Duan W, Li XY, Luan RS, He X.
[Comparison between early outbreak detection models and simulated outbreaks of measles in Beijing] Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Feb;30(2):159-62. Chinese.

Chu AF, Marcus SM, Ruck B.
Poison control centers' role in glow product-related outbreak detection: implications for comprehensive surveillance system.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2009 Jan-Feb;24(1):68-72.

Hanshaoworakul W, Simmerman JM, Narueponjirakul U, Sanasuttipun W, Shinde V, Kaewchana S, Areechokechai D, Levy J, Ungchusak K.
Severe human influenza infections in Thailand: oseltamivir treatment and risk factors for fatal outcome, PLoS One. 2009 Jun 25;4(6):e6051.

Liu J, Bi Y, Qin K, Fu G, Yang J, Peng J, Ma G, Liu Q, Pu J, Tian F.\
Emergence of European avian-like H1N1 Swine Influenza A Viruses in China.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jun 24

Touch S, Grundy J, Hills S, Rani M, Samnang C, Khalakdina A, Jacobson J.
The rationale for integrated childhood meningoencephalitis surveillance: a case study from Cambodia, Bull World Health Organ. 2009 Apr;87(4):320-4.

Chretien JP, Tomich NE, Gaydos JC, Kelley PW.
Real-Time Public Health Surveillance for Emergency Preparedness.
Am J Public Health. 2009 Jun 18.

D'Ortenzio E, Do C, Renault P, Weber F, Filleul L.
Enhanced influenza surveillance on Réunion Island (southern hemisphere) in the context of the emergence of influenza A(H1N1)v.
Euro Surveill. 2009 Jun 11;14(23):19239.

Pan K, Deem MW.
Comment on Ndifon et al., "On the use of hemagglutination-inhibition for influenza surveillance: Surveillance data are predictive of influenza vaccine effectiveness"
Vaccine. 2009 Jun 11.

Ohkusa Y, Yamaguchi R, Sugiura H, Sugawara T, Yoshida M, Shimada C, Hori N, Sugishita Y, Yasui Y, Sunagawa T, Matsui T, Taniguchi K, Tada Y, Taya K, Imamura T, Okabe N.
[2008 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Meeting Syndrome Surveillance]
Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 2009 May;83(3):236-44. Japanese.

van Asten L, van der Lubben M, van den Wijngaard C, van Pelt W, Verheij R, Jacobi A, Overduin P, Meijer A, Luijt D, Claas E, Hermans M, Melchers W, Rossen J, Schuurman R, Wolffs P, Bouchier C, Schirm J, Kroes L, Leenders S, Galama J, Peeters M, van Loon A, Stobberingh E, Schutten M, D V M MK.
Strengthening the diagnostic capacity to detect Bio Safety Level 3 organisms in unusual respiratory viral outbreaks.
J Clin Virol. 2009 Jun 6.

Levy PP, Valleron AJ.
Toward unsupervised outbreak detection through visual perception of new patterns.
BMC Public Health. 2009 Jun 10;9(1):179. [Epub ahead of print]

Uscher-Pines L, Farrell CL, Babin SM, Cattani J, Gaydos CA, Hsieh YH, Moskal MD, Rothman RE.
Framework for the development of response protocols for public health syndromic surveillance systems: case studies of 8 US states.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Jun;3(2 Suppl):S29-36.