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Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness and Over the Counter Sales of Flu Remedies in the National Capitol Region, 2003-2007
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The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducts enhanced surveillance using the Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE). The current version of ESSENCE for the… read more… Chief complaint data from emergency department (ED) visits and over-the-counter (OTC) medications are … the usability of OTC sales to detect influenza. OTC data may provide an earlier alert to illness than other sources, … -
Early Identification of Salmonella Cases Using Syndromic Surveillance
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On June 7, 2008, federal food protection and public health agencies alerted consumers of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections. As of June 30, 2008, 851 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same… read more… the nationwide Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. The case visited the ED on Jun 6 and information regarding that visit was available in ESSENCE the following day. The case … as associated with the national outbreak until Jun 26. The retrospective query for Salmonella identified a … -
Can Syndromic Surveillance Data be Useful for Monitoring Respiratory Illness Activity?
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A significant amount of resources and effort have been recently invested in syndromic surveillance systems. However, how these systems complement or compare with traditional public health surveillance systems, such as outbreak reporting, is not… read more… ILI/Pneumonia Outbreaks, 2005 - 2007 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1-O ct- 05 15 -O ct- 05 29 -O ct- 05 12 -N ov -05 26 -N ov -05 10 -D ec -05 24 -D ec -05 7-J an -06 21 -Ja n-0 … 07 31 -M ar- 07 14 -A pr- 07 28 -A pr- 07 12 -M ay -07 26 -M ay -07 Date C ou nt s of IL I a nd P ne um on ia C hi …