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Using Syndromic Surveillance Data for Enhanced Case-Capture of Conditions of Public Health Interest
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Syndromic surveillance can be a useful tool for the early recognition of outbreaks and trends in emergency department (ED) data. In addition, as a more timely data source than traditional disease reporting, syndromic data may also be… read more… were identified for the year 2006, representing 0.65% of all ED visits and an average of 7.9 ED visits to review per … pneumoniae), 3 (13.0%) were fungal (Cryptococcus), 6 (26.1%) unknown/other, and 13 (56.5%) aseptic/viral … these 23 confirmed cases were reported to COSD, 6 (26%) were reported only after COSD actively requested …