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The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene monitors visits daily from 49 of 54 NYC emergency departments (EDs), capturing 95% of all ED visits. ED visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) have reflected influenza activity in NYC, better than the more broadly defined fever/flu and respiratory syndromes, but the correlation with H1N1 is unknown.

Laboratory-confirmed influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were made reportable in NYC in February 2008. DOHMH receives electronic reports of positive tests.

As part of 2009–10 influenza surveillance, five hospitals were selected for ‘sentinel’ surveillance of hospitalized influenza cases, to test all patients with a respiratory condition for influenza. Sentinel hospitals ensured that patient medical record numbers were in the daily ED syndromic file and in the electronic laboratory reports.

Objective

To determine the correlation of the ILI syndrome with laboratory-confirmed H1N1 and RSV during the October 2009 to March 2010 H1N1 season in NYC.

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Comparison_Of_Respiratory_Febrile_And_Influenza_Like_Illness_Syndromes_To_Detect_Laboratory_Reported_H1n1_And_Rsv_Influenza_Season_2009_10_New_York_City.pdf

Submitted by hparton on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 09:57

We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC).

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Using_Age_Syndrome_To_Characterize_Epidemic_Winter-Seasonal_Acute_Gastroenteritis.pdf

Submitted by elamb on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 16:22

Hurricane Sandy hit New York City (NYC) on October 29, 2012. Before and after the storm, 73 temporary evacuation shelters were established. The total census of these shelters peaked at approximately 6,800 individuals. Concern about the spread of communicable diseases in shelters prompted the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to rapidly develop a surveillance system to report communicable diseases and emergency department transports from shelters. We describe the implementation of this system.

Submitted by uysz on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 16:20

We will present an overview of: (1) the epidemiology of Legionnaires’ disease (LD), (2) techniques applied by the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for routine LD surveillance and outbreak investigation, (3) detection and investigation of the second largest community-acquired LD outbreak in the U.S (South Bronx, July 2015), and (4) recent legislation enforcing regular maintenance, testing, and mediation of NYC cooling towers.

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