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  • Content Type: Abstract

    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… read more
    … (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene monitors visits daily from 49 of 54 NYC emergency departments (EDs), … reports (0.82), followed by FF (0.78) and Resp (0.70) (see Figure 1). With the sentinel data, 499 influenza … reports and 1114 RSV reports were matched by MRN to an ED visit. The majority of influenza reports matched to the FF …
  • Content Type: Abstract

    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).
    … age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … RV annually causes ~600,000 deaths worldwide and ~70,000 hospitalizations in the US1. Globally, RV infection … confirmed RV activity and to characterize associated ED visits in NYC. METHODS To estimate incident winter-season …
  • Content Type: Journal Article

    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… read more
    … temporary shelters was challenging and required in-person visits by DOHMH staff to ensure reporting. After system … temporary shelters was challenging and required in-person visits by DOHMH staff to ensure reporting. After system …