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Comparison of Chief-Complaint vs ICD-9 Data Used in an Emergency Department-Based Hospital Syndromic Surveillance System in Metropolitan Taipei, Taiwan
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The 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan provided accelerated us to develop the most timely surveillance system1. Taipei, a metropolitan with many travelers annually, requires the earliest warningand immediate… read more -
Increasing Mild Enterovirus Cases Provides An Important Signal of Up-coming Trends in Elevating Severe Enterovirus Cases
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In July 2012, the 54 children infected with enterovirus-71(EV71) were died in Cambodia. The media called it as mystery illness and made Asian parents worried. In fact, the severe epidemics of enterovirus occurred frequently in Asia, including… read more