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Ten Years of Syndromic Surveillance in New Hampshire: Innovation, Experience and Outcomes
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In response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) engaged state and external partners in the design of an early warning surveillance system to support bioterrorism and emergency… read more… STEMS, APHA Annual Conference; 2006. http://apha.confex.- com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm. *David Swenson … 11173 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11173 http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm … http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_141309.htm 1-25 ehtj11702 … -
Use of emergency department data for case finding following a community anthrax exposure
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On 24 December 2009, a female New Hampshire resident was confirmed to have gastrointestinal anthrax on the basis of clinical findings and laboratory testing. Her source of anthrax was not immediately known, so the New Hampshire… read more… syndrome terms in chief complaint text fields and ICD-9-CM codes associated with the three manifestations of anthrax … and gastrointestinal). Chief complaint text and ICD-9-CM query results were reviewed by surveillance staff and a … Swenson et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 91 Conclusions New Hampshire’s emergency …