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Article: Using a spatial filter and a geographic information system to improve rabies surveillance data.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The design and coordination of antirabies measures (e.g., oral vaccine and disease awareness campaigns) often depend on surveillance data. In Kentucky, health officials are concerned that the raccoon rabies epizootic that has spread throughout the east coast since the late 1970s could enter the state. The quality of surveillance data from Kentucky's 120 counties, however, may not be consistent. This article presents a geographic model that can be used with a geographic information system (GIS) to assess whether a county has a lower number of animals submitted for rabies testing than surrounding counties. This technique can be used as a first step in identifying areas ...
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Article: Nebraska Inventors Develop Combined Spatial Filter
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 11, 2008 ;
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... ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 11 -- Martin M. Liphardt and Ping He, both of Lincoln, Neb., have developed a combined spatial filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "low aberration relay systems ...
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