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Using Syndromic Surveillance to Investigate Tattoo-related Skin Infections in NYC
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In 2012, an outbreak of Mycobacterium chelonae infections in tattoo recipients in Rochester, NY was found to be associated with premixed tattoo ink contaminated before distribution.1 In May 2012, a case of M. chelonae was reported in a New York City… read more -
Detecting Unanticipated Increases in Emergency Department Chief Complaint Keywords
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The CC text field is a rich source of information, but its current use for syndromic surveillance is limited to a fixed set of syndromes that are routine, suspected, expected, or discovered by chance. In addition to syndromes that are routinely… read more