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Mass Gathering Surveillance: New ESSENCE Report and Collaboration Win Gold in OR

Description

The 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials were held July 1-10 in Eugene, OR. This mass gathering included over 1,000 athletes, 1,500 volunteers, and 175,000 spectators. The Oregon Public Health Division (PHD) and Lane County Public Health (LCPH) participated in pre-event planning and collaborated to produce a daily epidemiology report for the Incident Management Team (IMT) during the event. The state and county public health agencies had collaborated on surveillance for prior mass gatherings, including the 2012 Trials. However, 2016 was the first opportunity to use complete state and county syndromic surveillance data. 

Objective

To streamline production of a daily epidemiology report including syndromic surveillance, notifiable disease, and outbreak data during a mass gathering. 

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