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Assessing the use of Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify and Track Heat Illness in Nebraska, 2010 - 2011
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Heat waves have serious health impacts such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration, and death. Heat illness morbidity and mortality can be reduced with the identification of vulnerable populations and targeted public health interventions. In… read more… Services (NeDHHS), representing approximately 18% of all ED visits for the state. Five hospitals reported … excluded. These records represent approximately 15% of all ED visits in the state for June�August. Cases of … keywords but not involving heat-related illness, i.e., ‘applied heat to swollen ankle’, were eliminated. … -
Population-based surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among high school football and wrestling participants—Nebraska, 2008–2010
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MRSA, which had been known primarily as a cause of healthcare-associated infections, increasingly has been recognized as a cause of skin infections among persons of all ages who have little or no contact with healthcare settings. Such infections are… read more… recognized as a cause of skin infections among persons of all ages who have little or no contact with healthcare … nized as a cause of skin infections among persons of all ages who have little or no contact with healthcare … aureus infections in a football team. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005;11(4): 526–32. 5 Kazakova SV, Hageman JC, Matava …