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Identifying a Meningitis Case through Syndromic Surveillance: An Example of Detecting Events of Public Health Importance and Improving Situational Awareness
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and its ability to use hospital emergency room data for situational awareness.… analyzes multiple traditional (such as emergency room visits, private provider visits) and non-traditional (such as over-the- counter drug … ultimately confirmed N. meningitidis, serogroup Y by culture, however, even before culture confirmation, …